Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gym rat

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables
gym rat
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who spends an unusually large amount of time at a gym.

Colloquial

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Etymology

US origin, late 1970s.

Usage

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Questions

What does gym rat mean?
A person who spends an unusually large amount of time at a gym.
Where does gym rat come from?
US origin, late 1970s.

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