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obliques

obliques noun: collectively, the abdominal muscles responsible for rotation of the trunk. Also the plural of oblique.

Noun

obliques pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Collectively, the abdominal muscles responsible for rotation of the trunk.
    • The good news. Three weeks into the programme I am rediscovering bits of my body I had forgotten existed; biceps, triceps, hamstrings and those funny muscles on the sides of the abdomen called obliques, the toning of which is supposed to eliminate the love handle.2017 November 16, Jo Ellison, “Help: the gym has turned us into slobs”, in Financial Times

Also used as

obliques is also the plural of oblique.

Phrases with obliques

Questions about obliques

What does obliques mean?
Obliques means collectively, the abdominal muscles responsible for rotation of the trunk.
What part of speech is obliques?
Obliques is a noun.

Words near obliques in the dictionary

  1. obliqued
  2. obliquely
  3. obliqueness
  4. obliquenesses
  5. obliquer
  6. obliques
  7. obliquest
  8. obliqui
  9. obliquicanaliculate
  10. obliquid
  11. obliquing

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