plural delts
informal
: a large muscle of the shoulder : deltoid
—usually plural
They ought to forget about their lats and delts for a minute and start beefing up the body politic.—
Herbert Muschamp
Herbert MuschampRemember those great old "Saturday Night Live" bits about the … bodybuilders who kept offering to "pump you up" while flexing the delts of their bulbous foam rubber muscle suits?—Walter Kirn
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Pull-downs train your back muscles, including your lats, traps, and rear delts.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 25 Aug. 2025
More specifically, upper-body pull moves often work the lats (your broadest back muscle), traps (upper back and neck muscles), rear delts (a shoulder muscle), and rhomboids (upper back muscles), Williams says.
—Christa Sgobba, SELF, 25 Apr. 2024
Glorious biceps and delts reigned, not just to stay cool (literally and figuratively) but also to communicate themes.
—Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2023
Heath starts off with face pulls to engage the rear delts.
—Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 5 Sep. 2023
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Jakob Roze, Health, 25 Aug. 2025
More specifically, upper-body pull moves often work the lats (your broadest back muscle), traps (upper back and neck muscles), rear delts (a shoulder muscle), and rhomboids (upper back muscles), Williams says.
—Christa Sgobba, SELF, 25 Apr. 2024
Glorious biceps and delts reigned, not just to stay cool (literally and figuratively) but also to communicate themes.
—Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2023
Heath starts off with face pulls to engage the rear delts.
—Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 5 Sep. 2023
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“Delt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/delt. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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