as in moron
a stupid person
no, you're not a dumbbell—this is one of the hardest courses the school offers
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Recent Examples of dumbbell
Now imagine holding a dumbbell of that weight in front of your chest for goblet squats.
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Megan Falk, SELF, 29 July 2025
Those putting together a home gym will appreciate that body weight exercises don’t require you to purchase a variety of dumbbells and barbells in various weights, which is costly and demands a lot of storage space.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 July 2025
On most yachts, the fitness center is a cramped gym with an exercise bike and some dumbbells tucked into the corner of a beach club, or at best, a spare stateroom.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 25 July 2025
Select a pair of light dumbbells and stand with your feet just beyond shoulder-width apart.
—Matt Parrott, Arkansas Online, 29 June 2025
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Megan Falk, SELF, 29 July 2025
Those putting together a home gym will appreciate that body weight exercises don’t require you to purchase a variety of dumbbells and barbells in various weights, which is costly and demands a lot of storage space.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 25 July 2025
On most yachts, the fitness center is a cramped gym with an exercise bike and some dumbbells tucked into the corner of a beach club, or at best, a spare stateroom.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 25 July 2025
Select a pair of light dumbbells and stand with your feet just beyond shoulder-width apart.
—Matt Parrott, Arkansas Online, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumbbell
Noun
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Seth Rollins gassed Bron up by saying Jey Uso thinks his dad is a loser and his uncle is a moron.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The patient is actually a training dummy that instructors can manipulate into yelling, moaning, retching, suffering blood pressure spikes, heart attacks and other medical emergencies.—
Beth Warren,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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That stretcher supported a human dummy, though the robots cannot carry people yet.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.—
Drew Broussard
May 22,
Literary Hub,
22 May 2025
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Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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During the competition, the losers are executed and the lone survivor is declared the winner.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
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But one this unique and anticipated deserved its own breakdown of winners and losers.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Now, researchers at Switzerland's ETH Zurich are putting these mechanical mutts through their paces on the badminton court, teaching them to play about as well as a seven-year-old human.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
26 Aug. 2025
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The Soviet Sputnik 5 carried mutts Belka and Strelka, 40 mice and two rats.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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As Ray Winstone might say, what a prat.—
Holman W. Jenkins,
WSJ,
29 Mar. 2022
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Through it all, however, the gal has retained a sort of grand hauteur, even while prat-falling into a bush.—
Lester Fabian Brathwaite,
EW.com,
24 Mar. 2022
Noun
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Smooth hammerheads and blacktip sharks spent comparatively more time near the surface, whereas white sharks, spinner sharks, and dusky sharks were active throughout much of the water column.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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In the daytime, the pair encountered the planarians, often called hammerhead worms, hiding under rotting logs or rocks.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
28 Aug. 2025
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Hogan also had a personality that connected with the audience as something more than a one-dimensional, meathead heel.—
Marc Raimondi
June 25,
Literary Hub,
25 June 2025
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To that end, Moss found a perfect workout partner and meathead muse back in Des Moines.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
12 June 2025
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“Dumbbell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumbbell. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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