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(mʌsəlbaʊnd) also muscle-bound adjectiveIf you describe someone as musclebound, you mean that their muscles are well developed, usually in an unattractive way. ...a musclebound Hollywood action hero. musclebound in American English (ˈmʌsəlˌbaund) adjective1. having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise 2. rigid; inflexible musclebound rules Word origin [1875–80; muscle + -bound1]Examples of 'musclebound' in a sentencemusclebound This was rugby's musclebound equivalent of the raucous stag party.Around 100 had packed inside to see three musclebound performers starting at 3pm.Rugby, in its modern, musclebound, big-hit culture, is too dangerous for young bodies.In fact, he could be almost any drop-dead gorgeous, musclebound, millionaire, tribe-patronising tourist on the planet.Of course, scattered about, you will spot plenty of musclebound manual labourers and their strapping female companions.Never on a lead, it waddles beside him as macho, musclebound and menacing as its scrawny owner aspires to be.As well as looking more musclebound every time we see him, he soldiered on throughthe heat. |