bodybuilding

or bod·y-build·ing, bod·y build·ing

[ bod-ee-bil-ding ]

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noun

the act or practice of exercising, lifting weights, etc., so as to develop the muscles of the body.

Origin of bodybuilding

1900–05; from the verb phrase build (up one's) body;see -ing¹

Words Nearby bodybuilding

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How to use bodybuilding in a sentence

Arnold Schwarzenegger famously employed friends to add and remove barbell plates to achieve this effect during his bodybuilding career.
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It happens in Reddit threads, bodybuilding forums, and even Instagram pages discussing PEDs.
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bodybuilding emerged as commercial enterprise, while college sports and recreational athletics like bicycling picked up.
Empires and ‘Effeminate Men.’ After Britain and America, It’s China’s Turn to Worry about Masculinity | Debasish Roy Chowdhury | September 10, 2021 | Time
Scroll through any weightlifting or bodybuilding forum and it’s easy to feel out of the loop.
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Morgan was remanded and on Monday he was on his way back to North Carolina, where he was once a bodybuilding champion.
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He was a 44-year-old man from North Carolina who had done time in prison and had once been a bodybuilding champion.
The Mystery of Donald Ray Morgan, the 44-Year-Old American Who Loved ISIS | Michael Daly | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He looked far smaller than the legendary Arnold of bodybuilding and movie days.
Arnold Schwarzenegger Comes Clean | Laurence Leamer | September 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
The world of competitive bodybuilding, and Gov. Schwarzenegger, owed its waxy life to androgens.
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British Dictionary definitions for body building

body building

noun

the practice of performing regular exercises designed to make the muscles of the body conspicuous

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