dumbbell

The definition of a dumbbell is a device with a short bar between two weights, used for exercise or building muscles, or is slang for a dumb person.

(noun)

An example of a dumbbell is a set of two five pound weights used for exercise at home.

See dumbbell in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a device usually used in pairs, consisting of round weights joined by a short bar, by which it is lifted or swung about in the hand for muscular exercise
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Origin: cf. dumb, sense
Slang a stupid person

Origin: dumb + bell: from orig. shape

See dumbbell in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A weight consisting of a short bar with a metal ball or disk at each end that is lifted for muscular development and exercise.
Slang A stupid person; a dolt.

Origin:

Origin: From an apparatus similar to that used in ringing a church bell, but without the bell, used for practice or physical exercise

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