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
Two years ago the team celebrated home runs with a pair of inflatable dumbbells inspired by Masataka Yoshida.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
Transform your upper-body workouts with a simple pull-up bar and an adjustable dumbbell set.
—Amanda Loudin, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
If one of the exercises feels too easy, even without a chair, try closing your eyes or holding a dumbbell to further test your balance.
—Hilary Achauer, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Transform your upper-body workouts with a simple pull-up bar and an adjustable dumbbell set.
—Hilary Achauer, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2025
Transform your upper-body workouts with a simple pull-up bar and an adjustable dumbbell set.
—Amanda Loudin, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
If one of the exercises feels too easy, even without a chair, try closing your eyes or holding a dumbbell to further test your balance.
—Hilary Achauer, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Transform your upper-body workouts with a simple pull-up bar and an adjustable dumbbell set.
—Hilary Achauer, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumbbell
Noun
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Each year, fire safety officials warn of the dangers of fireworks and stage demonstrations of dummies that catch fire and watermelons that explode.—
Linda Trischitta,
Sun-Sentinel.com,
10 July 2017
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At NASA Langley's Landing and Impact Research Facility, ten crash test dummies were buckled into a section of airplane fuselage and dropped from the sky.—
Chris Clarke,
Popular Mechanics,
6 July 2017
Noun
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Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
27 Mar. 2025
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An underrated gem — not enough people have seen this top-tier season — Squirrels Trip has some fabulous vocals, very funny lyrics, a heavy dose of stupid, and an engaging story.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The loser of Friday’s game in Atlanta enters the offseason.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2025
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The loser of the 7-8 game then hosts the winner of the 9-10 game with that winner earning the eighth seed.—
Dan Loumena,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Dogs are welcome whether purebred or mutt, mastiff or Chihuahua.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Oliver from Oliver & Company (1988) One of Disney's more underrated cats is an orphan who has to learn how to navigate New York City — with help from a streetwise mutt voiced by Billy Joel. 27.—
Devan Coggan,
EW.com,
11 Apr. 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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Small sharks, deep-water species, and those that rely on constant swimming to breathe, like threshers and hammerheads, were found to have the highest mortality rates.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Mar. 2025
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At present, no deck planks remain on the wider, westernmost portion of the pier called the hammerhead.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In a moment that made too much sense, Kreischer was joined by Otis, and both meatheads shared a shirtless hug.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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When the Lions hired Campbell, they were mocked nationally for trusting their team to a meathead.—
Nick Baumgardner,
The Athletic,
6 Jan. 2025
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But this Ron Howard was an alternate universe version of Ron Howard, who instead of being notoriously nice, is sort of a jerk.—
Esther Zuckerman,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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Someone actually just said to me that all the men in the book are jerks.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Dumbbell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumbbell. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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