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dumb-bell

dumb-bell is the alternative form of dumbbell.

Meaning of dumbbell

Noun

dumbbell (plural dumbbells)

  1. A weight training implement consisting of a short bar with weight counterpoised on each end.
    • He was exercising with the dumbbells in gym class today.
  2. (obsolete) A bell with no clapper, used as bell-striking practice or to strike as a form of physical exercise
  3. (derogatory, slang) A stupid person.
    • That's fool's gold, you dumbbell. Iron pyrite. Nobody would give you a dime for a ton of it.2015, Floyd Merrell, Enigmas: Gold Fever, Space-Time Warps, Sierra Madre Magic

Forms of dumb-bell

pluraldumb-bells

Questions about dumb-bell

What is dumb-bell the alternative form of?
Dumb-bell is the alternative form of dumbbell.

Words near dumb-bell in the dictionary

  1. dumb well
  2. dumb wells
  3. dumb zone
  4. dumb-ass
  5. dumb-asses
  6. dumb-bell
  7. dumb-bells
  8. dumb-dumb
  9. dumb-dumbs
  10. dumb-shit
  11. dumb-shits

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