pecs

¹ American  

[peks] / pɛks /

plural noun

Informal.

1. pectoral muscles.

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Pécs ² American  

[peych] / peɪtʃ /

noun

1. a city in SW Hungary.

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Pécs British  

/ peːtʃ /

noun

1. an industrial city in SW Hungary: university (1367). Pop: 158 942 (2003 est)

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Etymology

Origin of pecs

First recorded in 1965–70; by shortening

Example Sentences

Is "fit and healthy" becoming increasingly wrapped up in a tight torso and sculpted pecs?

From BBC • Sep. 14, 2025

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.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2023

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested the leaders bare their chests and "show them our pecs" in reference to Putin's shirtless poses over the years, including on horseback.

From Reuters • Jun. 27, 2022

If you move past that, you get to the body: Yes, Mattel has done away with the impossible waist, the “perfect” plastic breasts of Barbie, and the molded musculature of Ken’s pecs.

From Slate • Nov. 8, 2019

A few years back, Dalton’s mom had left him for a loser with nice pecs and a soul patch, who she subsequently kicked to the curb a year later.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman