Modifies a noun

• lad: Everyone wants the pretty girls or the strapping lads.

• fellow: Two strapping fellows sat smoking by the smoldering fire.

• man: In 1994 I was mugged by three strapping young men who claimed to be in the police drug squad.

• system: The role will involve selling strapping systems into non food OEM's.

• girl: Constance is one of those strapping florid girls that go so well with autumn scenery or Christmas decorations in church.

• six-footer: The strapping six-footer left immediately to join a throng of townsfolk already surging down Kirkhill toward the water's edge.

Used with adjective complement

• involve: This involved strapping on a heart monitor and checking our fitness levels as we tore around the court.