delt

noun

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\ ˈdelt

plural delts

Definition of delt

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 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

Examples of delt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Grab a set of free weights for a bent-over row, which works the lats, rear delts, and biceps. — Leah Prinzivalli, SELF, 27 Sep. 2018 Expect to feel it in your entire abdominal wall, as well as your biceps, pecs, delts, lats, and calves. — Meg Lappe, SELF, 3 Oct. 2017 Bent Over Reverse Fly This move engages your rear delts, the muscles at the backs of your shoulders. — Hannah Davis, Cosmopolitan, 4 Mar. 2014 So do his triceps, pecs, abs, delts, quads, lats and the other 600 or so muscles of the human body. — Jocelyn Noveck, Orange County Register, 23 May 2017 When performed correctly, this exercise is a great back and rear delt builder that is an effective alternative to the row. — Jay Willis, GQ, 4 June 2017

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