Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gym muscles

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables: gym -mus-cles
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Large, aesthetic, well-developed muscles, especially ones that are believed to be overly large or impractical.

Derogatory; Slang

Example Sentences

"He was six feet tall and strong, but without the gnarled gym muscles Helen hated."
"Sienna reached out, grabbed Jason's hand, and ran his fingers across her taut abs. Jason tried to look unimpressed. "Gym muscles," Tyler scoffed."
"Physical labor gave her muscles, but not sculpted gym muscles."
"Sure, the sick Italian fuck had muscles on top of the muscles all over his chunky irritating self. But they were gym muscles. Bench-press-with- your-iPod muscles."
"He didn't have puffed-up gym muscles. His strapping body had a rippling stomach, ridged like a tray of baklava."
"[…]and he realized that, unlike a lot of big guys with gym muscles, the guard could take a punch."

Etymology

From gym + muscles.

Usage

Questions

What does gym muscles mean?: Large, aesthetic, well-developed muscles, especially ones that are believed to be overly large or impractical.
Where does gym muscles come from?: From gym + muscles.

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