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muscle-bound

muscle-bound is the alternative form of musclebound.

Meaning of musclebound

Adjective

musclebound (comparative more musclebound, superlative most musclebound)

  1. Having pronounced muscle development through weightlifting, bodybuilding, or other physical exercise.
    • Work til you're musclebound all night long / Gotta work til you're musclebound all night long1981, “Musclebound”, in Journeys to Glory, performed by Spandau Ballet
  2. (derogatory) Having excessive muscle (sometimes with implications of correspondingly inferior intellect).
  3. (figuratively) Ungainly as a result of muscle over-development.

Forms of muscle-bound

comparativemore muscle-bound
superlativemost muscle-bound

Questions about muscle-bound

What is muscle-bound the alternative form of?
Muscle-bound is the alternative form of musclebound.

Words near muscle-bound in the dictionary

  1. muscle tone
  2. muscle up
  3. muscle woman
  4. muscle women
  5. muscle worship
  6. muscle-bound
  7. muscle-eye-brain disease
  8. muscle-prism
  9. muscle-queen
  10. muscle-queens
  11. muscle-up

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