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How to pronounce dumbbell in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms boob, booby, dope, dummy, pinhead
Type of simple, simpleton
Type Words
Type of exercising weight, free weight, weight

Examples of dumbbell

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Repeat again, at race speed, with 50 dumbbell raises, again with a lower weight.
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To increase the intensity, use one dumbbell and focus on only one arm at a time.
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Barney that includes a dumbbell cast in his signature material, petroleum jelly.
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Next, hold the dumbbell at shoulder level, with the hand close to the shoulder.
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Straighten the right elbow and raise the dumbbell to the height of the buttock.
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Pruning trees and pulling weeds can have as much benefit as a dumbbell routine.
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To enhance the workout on Wii Fit, it's actually weighted like a dumbbell, too.
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As you stand up with force, pull the dumbbell upward as you lead with your elbow.
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The assembly was sandwiched between two stationary, dumbbell shaped electrodes.
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More examples
  • An exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle
  • An ignorant or foolish person
  • A dumbbell is a piece of equipment used in weight training, and is a type of free weight. They can be used individually or in pairs (one for each hand).
  • A weight consisting of two disks or spheres attached to a short bar; used for exercise and weight training; A stupid person
  • (Dumbbells) Hand weights, which are a specific weight and the amount of that weight can't be changed. Some can be changed but most can not.
  • Weight used for exercising consisting of rigid handles about 14" long with either detachable metal discs or fixed weights at each end.
  • Weights attached to a short bar that can be held in one hand. Often used in pairs.
  • The Wii Remote is held horizontally from underneath in the dominant hand, buttons facing up
  • A pair of plates connected by a short bar intended to be held by one hand. According to An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, this was originally a rope apparatus used to teach bell-ringers, the "dumb" in this case meaning silent.