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dumbbell

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dumb·bell  (dmbl)
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.

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

dumbbell
Noun
1. a short bar with a heavy ball or disc at either end, used for physical exercise
2. Slang, chiefly US & Canad a stupid person
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.dumbbelldumbbell - an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle
exercising 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.dumbbelldumbbell - an ignorant or foolish person
simpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense
Translations
Spanish dumbbell [ˈdʌmbɛl] n (SPORT) → pesa
French dumbbell [ˈdʌmbɛl] n (Sport) → haltère m
German dumbbell [ˈdʌmbɛl] nHantel f
Italian dumbbell [ˈdʌmbɛl] n (SPORT) → manubrio, peso

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George himself, striding towards them in his mornmg exercise with his pipe in his mouth, no stock on, and his muscular arms, developed by broadsword and dumbbell, weightily asserting themselves through his light shirt-sleeves.
But there would be sundry gentlemen there with large gold fob chains and black cigars; and somebody would tell a funny story, and then Dempsey would go back and work half an hour with the sixpound dumbbells.
Think of a man's swinging dumbbells for his health, when those springs are bubbling up in far-off pastures unsought by him!
 
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