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bodybuilding

or bod·y-build·ing, bod·y build·ing

[ bod-ee-bil-ding ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the act or practice of exercising, lifting weights, etc., so as to develop the muscles of the body.

1900–05; from the verb phrase build ( up one's ) body; -ing ¹

Morgan was remanded and on Monday he was on his way back to North Carolina, where he was once a bodybuilding champion.

He was a 44-year-old man from North Carolina who had done time in prison and had once been a bodybuilding champion.

He looked far smaller than the legendary Arnold of bodybuilding and movie days.

The world of competitive bodybuilding, and Gov. Schwarzenegger, owed its waxy life to androgens.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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