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

Consequently, the front of the body — the pecs — tighten up and the back of the shoulders get over-stretched.

From Los Angeles Times

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

So are his eyes, his mane, his pecs, his knuckles.

From Los Angeles Times

“There you go! There you go! We’ve got to show them our pecs!”

From Washington Post