Muscling

mus·cle  (msl)

n.

1. A tissue composed of fibers capable of contracting to effect bodily movement.

2. A contractile organ consisting of a special bundle of muscle tissue, which moves a particular bone, part, or substance of the body: the heart muscle; the muscles of the arm.

3. Muscular strength: enough muscle to be a high jumper.

4. Informal Power or authority: put some muscle into law enforcement.

v. mus·cled, mus·cling, mus·cles Informal

v.intr.

To make one's way by or as if by force: muscled into the conversation.

v.tr.

To move or force with strength: muscled legislation through Congress.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin msculus, diminutive of ms, mouse; see ms- in Indo-European roots.]

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muscly adj.