bodybuilding

UK /ˈbɒ.diˌbɪl.dɪŋ/ US /ˈbɑ.diˌbɪl.dɪŋ/

noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

hobby, hobby

VERB + BODYBUILDING

like, trains, won, wrestled

BODYBUILDING + NOUN

bodybuilders, competition, equipment, obsession

PREP.

with

ADV.

regularly

Definitions

noun

A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.

Like those activities, bodybuilding is an obsession, a living (for a few), and a way of life for the people involved in it—a subculture, in a word, with its own values, aesthetics and vocabulary.

Work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile.

In my day, if you filled out your shirt, people assumed you played football or wrestled. The term bodybuilding had more to do with cars than lifting weights.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — exercise that builds muscles through tension

musclebuilding

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Like those activities, bodybuilding is an obsession, a living (for a few), and a way of life for the people involved in it—a subculture, in a word, with its own values, aesthetics and vocabulary.

Wiktionary

In my day, if you filled out your shirt, people assumed you played football or wrestled. The term bodybuilding had more to do with cars than lifting weights.

Wiktionary

Bodybuilding is his hobby so he has a very firm tight body with lots of muscle definition.

Tatoeba · #292743

People who do bodybuilding are called bodybuilders.

Tatoeba · #745835

He regularly trains with bodybuilding equipment.

Tatoeba · #2318163

Her hobby is bodybuilding.

Tatoeba · #2320385

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