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bicep

/ˈbaɪsɛp/

bicep noun: a biceps.

Noun

bicep (plural biceps)

  1. (proscribed, sometimes) A biceps.
    • My bicep, my poor little cluster of nearly muscle is being pressed into a funsize turkey nugget and I’m starting to perhaps regret my outing with this bunch of Brentford fans who have that slightly edgier reputation.2009, Spencer Austin, “The Macc Daddy”, in I Am the Gloryhunter: One Man’s Quest for the Ultimate Football Season, Know The Score, →ISBN, pages 185–186

Forms of bicep

pluralbiceps

Origin of bicep

Back-formation from biceps. In Latin, biceps is singular.

Words formed from bicep

Phrases with bicep

Questions about bicep

What does bicep mean?
Bicep means a biceps.
What part of speech is bicep?
Bicep is a noun.
How do you pronounce bicep?
Bicep is pronounced /ˈbaɪsɛp/.
What is the plural of bicep?
The plural of bicep is biceps.

Words near bicep in the dictionary

  1. bicentennials
  2. bicentral
  3. bicentric
  4. bicentricity
  5. bicentrism
  6. bicep
  7. bicep bangle
  8. bicep curl
  9. bicep curls
  10. biceped
  11. bicephalic

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