Synonyms for dumbbell
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : duhm-bel |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʌmˌbɛl |
Top 10 synonyms for dumbbell Other synonyms for the word dumbbell
Définition of dumbbell
Origin :- "weighted bar used for exercise," 1711, originally an apparatus like that used to ring a church bell, but without the bell (hence dumb); used for exercise but sometimes also to practice ringing changes. Figurative sense of "blockhead, stupid person" attested by 1918, American English college slang.
- noun stupid person
- It's nice to feel she isn't being wasted on some dumbbell, isn't it?
- Extract from : « Christopher and the Clockmakers » by Sara Ware Bassett
- I was taken aboard one of their dumbbell ships, and brought here.
- Extract from : « The Secret of the Ninth Planet » by Donald Allen Wollheim
- But a woman is at once given away: she look like a dumbbell run over by an express train.
- Extract from : « In Defense of Women » by H. L. Mencken
- The next day he calmly chose the seat in front of the dumbbell—and proceeded to write a perfect examination.
- Extract from : « The Plastic Age » by Percy Marks
- It was something like a dumbbell, covered with marine growth where it had been above the sand, but fairly smooth under it.
- Extract from : « The Wailing Octopus » by Harold Leland Goodwin
- It was the shape of a dumbbell—two spheres joined together by a short middle bar.
- Extract from : « The Secret of the Ninth Planet » by Donald Allen Wollheim
- And hanging on patrol over this polar basin were two more of the dumbbell ships.
- Extract from : « The Secret of the Ninth Planet » by Donald Allen Wollheim
- Above it, they caught a flicker from the forest of masts and the glint from a dumbbell ship.
- Extract from : « The Secret of the Ninth Planet » by Donald Allen Wollheim
- Of unusual shape, both round and flat, so a cross-section looks like a dumbbell with angular ends.
- Extract from : « The Complete Book of Cheese » by Robert Carlton Brown
Antonyms for dumbbell
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