plural lats
informal
: a broad, flat muscle of the middle and lower back : latissimus dorsi
—usually plural
… stretch your lats by straightening your arms and slightly rotating your scapulae outward.—
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Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Bent Over Double Dumbbell Row This quick and efficient exercise targets all the major muscles in your back, lats, rhomboids and traps (plus your arms and core) included.
—Leoni Jesner, Health, 1 Nov. 2025
The disconnect was worrisome enough that, even after Woodruff suffered a strained lat muscle in September, the Brewers did not shift him back into a starting role.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Some examples include pull-ups, chin-ups, dumbbell rows, bent-over rows, lat pulldowns and inverted rows.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Scherzer dealt with right thumb inflammation after just his first start of the season (allowing two home runs in three innings before exiting with right lat soreness), first landing on the IL because of it in late March and finally getting activated towards the end of June.
—Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
Bent Over Double Dumbbell Row This quick and efficient exercise targets all the major muscles in your back, lats, rhomboids and traps (plus your arms and core) included.
—Leoni Jesner, Health, 1 Nov. 2025
The disconnect was worrisome enough that, even after Woodruff suffered a strained lat muscle in September, the Brewers did not shift him back into a starting role.
—Andy McCullough, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Some examples include pull-ups, chin-ups, dumbbell rows, bent-over rows, lat pulldowns and inverted rows.
—Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Lat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lat. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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lat
noun
: latissimus dorsi
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