dumbbell

dumb·bell

D0420400 (dŭm′bĕl′)n.1. A weight consisting of a short bar with a metal ball or disk at each end that is lifted for muscular development and exercise.2. Slang A stupid person; a dolt.

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[From an apparatus similar to that used in ringing a church bell, but without the bell, used for practice or physical exercise.]

dumbbell

(ˈdʌmˌbɛl) n1. (Gymnastics) gymnastics weightlifting an exercising weight consisting of a single bar with a heavy ball or disc at either end2. (Weightlifting) gymnastics weightlifting an exercising weight consisting of a single bar with a heavy ball or disc at either end3. a small wooden object shaped like this used in dog training for the dog to retrieve4. slang chiefly US and Canadian a fool

dumb•bell

(ˈdʌmˌbɛl)

n. 1. a hand weight for exercising, consisting of two heavy balls or disks connected by a graspable bar. 2. Slang. a stupid person. [1705–15]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dumbbell - an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handleexercising weight, free weight, weight - sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms
	2.	dumbbell - an ignorant or foolish person boob, booby, pinhead, dope, dummysimpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense

dumbbell

nounSlang. A mentally dull person:blockhead, chump, clod, dolt, dullard, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, numskull, thickhead.Slang: dimwit, dumbo.

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