barbell (noun)

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• barbell — ► NOUN ▪ a long metal bar to which discs of varying weights are attached at each end, used for weightlifting …   English terms dictionary

• barbell — noun Date: 1887 a bar with adjustable weighted disks attached to each end that is used for exercise and in weight lifting …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• barbell — noun A wide steel bar with premeasured weights affixed to either end, with the central span open for the hands of the weightlifter …   Wiktionary

• barbell — noun (C) AmE a metal bar with weights at each end, which you lift to make you stronger …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• barbell — UK [ˈbɑː(r)ˌbel] / US [ˈbɑrˌbel] noun [countable] Word forms barbell : singular barbell plural barbells a long metal bar with weights at each end that you lift in order to make your muscles bigger and stronger …   English dictionary

• barbell — bar|bell [ bar,bel ] noun count a long metal bar with weights at each end that you lift in order to make your muscles bigger and stronger …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• barbell — [ bα:bɛl] noun a long metal bar to which discs of varying weights are attached at each end, used for weightlifting. Origin C19: from bar1 + bell1 …   English new terms dictionary

• barbell — [ˈbɑːˌbel] noun [C] a long metal bar with weights at each end. You lift it in order to make your muscles bigger …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• barbell — /ˈbabɛl / (say bahbel) noun 1. an apparatus used in weightlifting, consisting of a steel bar, about 2 metres long, to the ends of which disc shaped weights are attached. 2. a straight metal bar with a bead on each end, used in body piercing …  

• clean and jerk — noun a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead • Syn: ↑clean • Hypernyms: ↑weightlift, ↑weightlifting • Part Meronyms: ↑jerk * * * noun : a lift in we …   Useful english dictionary

• clean and jerk — noun The act of lifting the barbell to hang at arms length, a pause, and thrusting the barbell over head to a stationary position in one movement …   Wiktionary