delts
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of delts
First recorded in 1965–70; by shortening
Example Sentences
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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.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2023
But, even with his regulation uniform on, Mikulak was still able to hoist and flip himself around for the TV cameras with his delts, biceps, and bulging veins on display.
From Slate • Feb. 20, 2018
But the lats, delts, quads, and inguinal creases that have been forged in the effort!
From Slate • Jul. 27, 2015
Pitt and Bana carry the film on their dishy delts.
From Time Magazine Archive
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