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abdominize

abdominize verb: to exercise the abdominal muscles.

Verb

abdominize (third-person singular simple present abdominizes, present participle abdominizing, simple past and past participle abdominized)

  1. To exercise the abdominal muscles.
    • Do you need to accessorize, moisturize, abdominize, and downsize your thighs to find true happiness?1997, Judy Cole, Playing for Keeps, page 16
    • Likewise he knew the brand of abdominizing exerciser that she'd ordered in an insane moment of optimistic piety from the back of a colour supplement.2012, Ben Elton, Blast From The Past, page 38

Forms of abdominize

third-person singular presentabdominizes
present participleabdominizing
past participleabdominized
pastabdominized

Origin of abdominize

Back-formation from abdominizer.

Questions about abdominize

What does abdominize mean?
Abdominize means to exercise the abdominal muscles.
What part of speech is abdominize?
Abdominize is a verb.
What is the past tense of abdominize?
The past tense of abdominize is abdominized.

Words near abdominize in the dictionary

  1. abdominalian
  2. abdominally
  3. abdominals
  4. abdominiser
  5. abdominisers
  6. abdominize
  7. abdominized
  8. abdominizer
  9. abdominizers
  10. abdominizes
  11. abdominizing

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