as in moron
a stupid person
no, you're not a dumbbell—this is one of the hardest courses the school offers
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Recent Examples of dumbbell
The strength training routines require only dumbbells and either a bench or a step.
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Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 25 Apr. 2025
Take a soft microfiber cloth and dampen it with a mild disinfectant spray, then wipe down all sides of the weights or dumbbells, including any nooks and crevices.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Feb. 2025
Start with this set from Walmart, which includes five pairs of rubber hex dumbbells ranging from five to 25 pounds.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 8 May 2025
Transform your upper-body workouts with a simple pull-up bar and an adjustable dumbbell set.
—Alyssa Ages, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 25 Apr. 2025
Take a soft microfiber cloth and dampen it with a mild disinfectant spray, then wipe down all sides of the weights or dumbbells, including any nooks and crevices.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Feb. 2025
Start with this set from Walmart, which includes five pairs of rubber hex dumbbells ranging from five to 25 pounds.
—Nora Colomer
May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 8 May 2025
Transform your upper-body workouts with a simple pull-up bar and an adjustable dumbbell set.
—Alyssa Ages, New York Times, 3 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumbbell
Noun
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Each year, fire safety officials warn of the dangers of fireworks and stage demonstrations of dummies that catch fire and watermelons that explode.—
Linda Trischitta,
Sun-Sentinel.com,
10 July 2017
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At NASA Langley's Landing and Impact Research Facility, ten crash test dummies were buckled into a section of airplane fuselage and dropped from the sky.—
Chris Clarke,
Popular Mechanics,
6 July 2017
Noun
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Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
27 Mar. 2025
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An underrated gem — not enough people have seen this top-tier season — Squirrels Trip has some fabulous vocals, very funny lyrics, a heavy dose of stupid, and an engaging story.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But the Phillies are skidding, losers of four in a row.—
Anthony Stitt,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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The winning team heads to the semifinals, while the loser will head to a last-chance game against the winner of Friday's game between Florida and Tennessee to determine which advances to the semifinals.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 May 2025
Noun
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The toilet does the heavy work automatically with an electromechanical system, so all the owner of said waste has to do is grab the sealed, odorless bag and drop it in the garbage, much like a mutt mitt.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 May 2025
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Remember when this series started, the Nuggets were heavy underdogs, viewed as mutts.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
11 May 2025
Noun
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As Ray Winstone might say, what a prat.—
Holman W. Jenkins,
WSJ,
29 Mar. 2022
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Through it all, however, the gal has retained a sort of grand hauteur, even while prat-falling into a bush.—
Lester Fabian Brathwaite,
EW.com,
24 Mar. 2022
Noun
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In 2018, a visitor fishing in the surf at North Carolina’s Outer Banks pulled out a 6-foot hammerhead shark that outweighed him.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2025
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Small sharks, deep-water species, and those that rely on constant swimming to breathe, like threshers and hammerheads, were found to have the highest mortality rates.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Average people might benefit from exceeding the RDA for protein somewhat, while weightlifters, contrary to the meathead stereotype, don’t need a massive amount more.—
Marina Bolotnikova,
Vox,
7 May 2025
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In a moment that made too much sense, Kreischer was joined by Otis, and both meatheads shared a shirtless hug.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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As part of Gabriel’s solution to showing Ansari’s character that the grass isn’t always greener on the other side of the Hollywood, the well-meaning angel body-swaps him with an uber-rich jerk, played by Seth Rogen.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2025
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The left horse just wanted to shamble along, while the right horse pulled with frantic jerks.—
Louise Erdrich,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
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“Dumbbell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumbbell. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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