dumbbellnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdʌm.bel/us/ˈdʌm.bel/dumbbell noun [ C ] (WEIGHT)
a short bar with a weight on each end that you lift up and down to make your arm and shoulder muscles stronger
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barbell
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Exercising & training
- aerial yoga
- Anti-Gravity yoga
- barbell
- bench press
- benchpress
- calisthenics
- cardio
- cross-trainer
- cross-training
- crunch
- exercise
- firm sth up
- limber
- multigym
- Pilates
- Spinning
- t'ai chi
- train
- warm
- weight training
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dumbbell noun [ C ] (PERSON)
US a stupid or silly person
Synonym
dummy
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Stupid and silly people
- a right one idiom
- airhead
- asshole
- berk
- birdbrain
- dolt
- doofus
- dork
- duffer
- dullard
- mouth-breather
- muggins
- muppet
- mutt
- need
- silly billy idiom
- simpleton
- stupid
- thicko
- tosser
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