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dumbbell
UK /ˈdʌm.bɛl/ US /ˈdʌm.bɛl/
noun 3
Definitions
noun
1
A weight training implement consisting of a short bar with weight counterpoised on each end.
He was exercising with the dumbbells in gym class today.
He also had a room strewn with the toys of the trade and what-have-you: ropes and ironmongery, buoyancy aid and bagpipes, fetid socks and half-eaten haggises, dumbbells and ski-instructor sweaters.
2
A bell with no clapper, used as bell-striking practice or to strike as a form of physical exercise
3
A stupid person.
That's fool's gold, you dumbbell. Iron pyrite. Nobody would give you a dime for a ton of it.
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