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Vinony

bodybuilding

noun

  1. use of progressive resistance exercise to control and develop musculature
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbɒ.diˌbɪl.dɪŋ/ / /ˈbɑ.diˌbɪl.dɪŋ/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- Proto-West Germanic *bodag Old English bodiġ Middle English bodi English body English building English bodybuilding From body + building.

  1. 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.”

  2. 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.”