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tricep

tricep noun: a triceps.

Noun

tricep (plural triceps)

  1. (nonstandard) A triceps.
    • An example would be cable curls supersetted with tricep pushdowns, or leg extensions supersetted with leg curls.2016 August 10, Spring Hill Fitness, “Supersetting For Better Workouts”, in Spring Hill Fitness

Forms of tricep

pluraltriceps

Origin of tricep

Back-formation from triceps. In Latin, triceps is both singular and plural.

Questions about tricep

What does tricep mean?
Tricep means a triceps.
What part of speech is tricep?
Tricep is a noun.
What is the plural of tricep?
The plural of tricep is triceps.

Words near tricep in the dictionary

  1. tricentenary
  2. tricentennial
  3. tricentennials
  4. tricentral
  5. tricentric
  6. tricep
  7. tricephalic
  8. tricephalous
  9. triceps
  10. triceps brachii
  11. triceps surae

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