bodybuilding
Syllables: bo·dy·build·ingUK/ˈbɒ.diˌbɪl.dɪŋ//ˈbɑ.diˌbɪl.dɪŋ/
bodybuilding noun: a sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
Noun
bodybuilding (uncountable)
- A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
- Like those activities, bodybuilding is an obsession, a living (for a few), and a way of life for the people involved in it—a subculture, in a word, with its own values, aesthetics and vocabulary.1974, Charles Gaines, George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, page 7
- Work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile.
- In my day, if you filled out your shirt, people assumed you played football or wrestled. The term bodybuilding had more to do with cars than lifting weights.2006 — Larry Scott (interview), Iron Man 65(5): 258
bodybuilding meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu
bodybuilding in Hindi
- शरीर सौष्ठव, बॉडीबिल्डिंग, देह सौष्ठव
bodybuilding in Marathi
- शरीर सौष्ठव, बॉडीबिल्डिंग
bodybuilding in Urdu
- جسم سازی
bodybuilding in Telugu
- sport of aesthetically muscle development
- దేహదారుడ్యం dēhadāruḍyaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- bodybuilding in Kannada
- ದೇಹದಾರ್ಢ್ಯ, ದೇಹದಾರ್ಢ್ಯವನ್ನು
- bodybuilding in Gujarati
- બોડીબિલ્ડિંગ, બોડિબિલ્ડિંગ, બોડીબિલ્ડીંગ
- bodybuilding in Nepali
- बडीबिल्डिङ, शरीर सौष्ठव, बडीबिल्डिङ्ग
- bodybuilding in Arabic
- كَمَال أَجْسَام kamāl ʔajsām
- bodybuilding in Malay
- bina badan
- bodybuilding in Indonesian
- binaraga
- bodybuilding in Vietnamese
- tập thể hình, tập tạ
Forms of bodybuilding
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Origin of bodybuilding
From body + building.
Words formed from bodybuilding
Words that rhyme with bodybuilding
Questions about bodybuilding
- What does bodybuilding mean?
- Bodybuilding means a sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
- What is bodybuilding in Hindi?
- Bodybuilding in Hindi is शरीर सौष्ठव, बॉडीबिल्डिंग, देह सौष्ठव. See Bodybuilding meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bodybuilding?
- Bodybuilding is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bodybuilding?
- Bodybuilding is pronounced /ˈbɒ.diˌbɪl.dɪŋ/ (UK).
Words near bodybuilding in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bodybuilding (page history and authors); bodybuilding (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bodybuilding (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bodybuilding (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bodybuilding (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bodybuilding (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bodybuilding (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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