bod·y·build·ing

[bod-ee-bil-ding]
noun
the act or practice of exercising, lifting weights, etc., so as to develop the muscles of the body.
Also, bod·y-build·ing, body building.


Origin:
1900–05; from the verb phrase build (up one's) body; see -ing1

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bodybuilding

noun
exercise that builds muscles through tension 
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Bodybuilding is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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