Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weight lifting

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables: weight lift-ing
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of weightlifting.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"1974, Arnold Schwarzenegger, in Charles Gaines & George Butler, Pumping Iron, page 21. Then I started weight lifting through the other sports and I enjoyed it the most […] but I found out I was too tall. So I quit that and went into bodybuilding."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does weight lifting mean?: Alternative form of weightlifting.

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