dumbbell

Definitions

1. weight (object cf. peso)
2. A weight training implement consisting of a short bar with weight counterpoised on each end.
3. A bell with no clapper, used as bell-striking practice or to strike as a form of physical exercise
   obsolete
4. balance, scales
5. A stupid person.
   derogatory, slang
6. third-person singular present indicative
7. second-person singular imperative

Equivalents

Examples

“He was exercising with the dumbbells in gym class today.”

“He also had a room strewn with the toys of the trade⟳ and what-have-you: ropes and ironmongery, buoyancy aid and bagpipes, fetid socks and half-eaten haggises, dumbbells and ski-instructor sweaters.”

“On the map Gansu is shaped like⟳ a dumbbell lying obliquely from east to west. Its best known city is Lanjhou, the capital, and also the gateway to the Silk Road. But we did not go there; we were heading for a relatively unknown city a few hundred miles away from Lanjhou, called Tianshuei.”

“That's fool's gold, you dumbbell. Iron⟳ pyrite. Nobody would give⟳ you a dime for a ton of it.”

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