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muscle-up

UK/ˈmʌs.əl.ʌp/

muscle-up noun: an exercise done for strengthening the arms and upper body, in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar to a position above the bar.

muscle-up: an exercise done for strengthening the arms and upper body, in which one lifts one's own weight...
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Noun

muscle-up (plural muscle-ups)

  1. An exercise done for strengthening the arms and upper body, in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar to a position above the bar.
    • The muscle-up starts from a hang with a high or false grip.1966, Eric Lester Hughes, Gymnastics for Men, page 269

Forms of muscle-up

pluralmuscle-ups

Origin of muscle-up

See chin-up § Etymology.

Questions about muscle-up

What does muscle-up mean?
Muscle-up means an exercise done for strengthening the arms and upper body, in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar to a position above the bar.
What part of speech is muscle-up?
Muscle-up is a noun.
How do you pronounce muscle-up?
Muscle-up is pronounced /ˈmʌs.əl.ʌp/ (UK).
What is the plural of muscle-up?
The plural of muscle-up is muscle-ups.

Words near muscle-up in the dictionary

  1. muscle-bound
  2. muscle-eye-brain disease
  3. muscle-prism
  4. muscle-queen
  5. muscle-queens
  6. muscle-up
  7. muscle-ups
  8. musclebike
  9. musclebikes
  10. muscleblind
  11. musclebound

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