pectn.
/pɛkt/, U.S. /pɛk(t)/ slang (originally Bodybuilding).
A pectoral muscle; = pec n. Usually in plural.
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the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > vertebral or costal region
saw-muscle1615
subclavian muscle1615
subclavius1615
latissimus dorsi1616
pectoralis1618
intercostal1681
pectoral1702
pectoralis major1733
pectoralis minor1734
serratus1827
lat1939
pec1949
pect1963
1963 Town Dec. 56/1 Delts, pecs, lats..Under workaday suits they dream of Michelangelo.
1977 Time 24 Jan. 37/1 A small group of dedicated people..have found happiness in the camaraderie of the gyms where they devote themselves to sculpting their lats and pects and stuff to preposterous perfection.
1987 Los Angeles Times 26 June iii. 1/1 She's a hunk. Body builder. Pects and abs and lats.
2003 Re: Prominent Gay Figure gives up Homosexual Lifestyle in alt.politics.homosexuality (Usenet newsgroup) 16 Mar. Clearly she has never been to a gym either—the big bulgy ones facing the big mirrors and popping their pects are as gay as pink paint!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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