Meaning of gym | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Clipping of gymnasium; especially, a school gymnasium.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
2. ISO 639-3 language code for Ngäbere
3. Clipping of gymnastics, often as sense 4.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable
4. a gym teacher. gimnasium, gimnastiek رياضَه гимнастически салон ginástica tělocvik; tělocvičný das Turnen, Turn-... gymnastik; gymnastik- γυμναστικήgimnasio; gimnasia ژیمناستیک liikunta gymnase, gym; de gym התעמלות व्यायामशला kratica: gimnastička dvorana testnevelés, torna senam leikfimi palestra; ginnastica; di ginnastica 体育 (館) 체육관 vingrošanas zāle; vingrošana; vingrošanas- gim gym; gym- gymgimnastyka, gimnastyczny جمناستیک ginástica prescurtare pentru „gimnaziu“ şi „gimnastică“ гимнастика ...
   a gym teacher
5. Clipping of gymnasium; especially, a school gymnasium
6. A sports facility specialized for lifting weights, cardio machines, and other exercise (culturally differentiated from sense 1).
   especially
7. a light, canvas usually rubber-soled shoe worn for gymnastics. gimnastiekskoen حِذاء رياضي гуменка sapatilha de ginástica cvička der Turnschuh gymnastiksko αθλητικό παπούτσι zapatillas de deporte tennisking کفش ژیمناستیک tossu chaussures de gymnastique נָעַל הִתעַמלוּת व्यायामी जूते tenisica tornacipő sepatu karet leikfimiskór scarpa da ginnastica 運動靴 운동화 gimnastikos bateliai sporta kurpe kasut gim gymschoen, gympie gymsko trampek جمناستيك، ورزش چې دبدن دغړودقوى كولو دپاره يې كوى sapatilha de...
   usually
8. Clipping of gymnastics, often as sense 4
9. Physical education class (PE class).
10. A gymnasium.
11. A sports facility specialized for lifting weights, cardio machines, and other exercise (culturally differentiated from sense 1)
12. A building or part of a building with facilities for exercise, bodybuilding, or other kinds of physical training.
13. Physical education class (PE class)
14. A course in physical education.
15. A metal frame supporting equipment used in outdoor play.
16. (Gymnastics) short for gymnasium, gymnastics, gymnastic
17. physical education.
18. of, pertaining to, or used for athletics or physical education: gym clothes.
19. A. N (= gymnasium) → gimnasio m; (= gymnastics) → gimnasia f
    N

Equivalents

Examples

“It was pouring rain, so the kids played kickball in the gym instead of on the field.”

“Gym is my favourite period in this school.”

“I'm off to the gym for my pilates class.”

“Near-synonyms: health club, sports club”

“hit the gym”

“He's been hitting the gym a lot. He has a membership at a commercial gym and also a bit of a home gym.”

“Working out in commercial gyms, if anything, made my workouts worse instead of better.”

“Pete, I want to work out. Where is the gym?”

“gym teacher”

“gym class”

“She has gym on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.”

“They played basketball in gym last week.”

“The gym teacher at our school makes us stretch before and after each class.”

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