Dumbbell

Quick meaning: Dumbbell is a noun meaning A weight training implement consisting of a short bar with weight counterpoised on each end.

Meaning

A weight training implement consisting of a short bar with weight counterpoised on each end.

More Meanings

1. (derogatory, slang) A stupid person.
2. (obsolete) A bell with no clapper, used as bell-striking practice or to strike as a form of physical exercise

Example Sentences

He was exercising with the dumbbells in gym class today.

That's fool's gold, you dumbbell. Iron pyrite. Nobody would give you a dime for a ton of it.

He also had a room strewn with the toys of the trade and what-have-you: ropes and ironmongery, buoyancy aid and bagpipes, fetid socks and half-eaten haggises, dumbbells and ski-instructor sweaters.

On the map Gansu is shaped like a dumbbell lying obliquely from east to west. Its best known city is Lanjhou, the capital, and also the gateway to the Silk Road. But we did not go there; we were heading for a relatively unknown city a few hundred miles away from Lanjhou, called Tianshuei.

Word Forms

• dumbbells
• dumb-bell
• dumbell

Synonyms for dumbbell

Depending on context, synonyms include boob, dummy, booby, dope, pinhead.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dope, boob, booby, dummy, pinhead, jerk.

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