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musclebound
[ muhs-uhl-bound ]
/ ˈmʌs əlˌbaʊnd /
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adjective
having enlarged and inelastic muscles, as from excessive exercise.
rigid; inflexible: musclebound rules.
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How to use musclebound in a sentence
One trucker did shout an obscenity, and a musclebound mechanic told them to go and do something useful like study.
I'm kind of musclebound, I guess, but I don't let that interfere with my quickness any.
Seventeen|Booth Tarkington"Yer-r-r old car-r-r-cass is musclebound, to be sur-r-e," conceded John.
The Wrong Twin|Harry Leon WilsonTheir intellects have become musclebound by habit or tradition.
Success (Second Edition)|Max Aitken Beaverbrook
British Dictionary definitions for musclebound
muscle-bound
adjective
having overdeveloped and inelastic muscles
lacking flexibility
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