delts

[delts]

plural noun

1. Informal.,  deltoid muscles.

Word History and Origins

Origin of delts¹

First recorded in 1965–70; by shortening

Example Sentences

The Australian’s already got his shirt off, tanning his famous delts and lats, bare feet in the sand.

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“My forearms are under attack, my triceps, biceps, my delts,” Foster said.

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Rare is the queen who spends five days a week at the gym inflating masculine pecs, amplifying delts and defining abs — or, worse, ignoring altogether questions of style, anatomical or applied.

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Candidate Rock is a little like Michael Bloomberg, but with more convincing platitudes and even better delts.

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Instead of having to remember which muscles are your quads or your delts, or figure out how to target your triceps, you simply need to make a quick assessment.

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