deadlift
Speech parts
1. deadlift - Noun
2. deadlift - Verb
Meaning
(weightlifting) A weight training exercise where one lifts a loaded barbell off the ground from a stabilized bent-over position.
Any lift performed without help or leverage.
(figuratively, by extension) An effort made under discouraging conditions.
deadlift (third-person singular simple present deadlifts, present participle deadlifting, simple past and past participle deadlifted)
(transitive) To lift a barbell while moving the body from a bent-over position to a standing position.
Phrases with the word
Examples
There is no point to be alive if you can't do deadlift.
We're Norwegians. You know, the Vikings. My deadlift was 310 pounds. I mean, I was very, very strong - and I didn't take steroids. I did it all on my own.
In 2010, I was ranked top 50 in the deadlift in three different weight classes, and I won my first natural bodybuilding competition.
But the lift - that was carried out using a standard deadlift barbell - was sanctioned, with respected strongman official and four-time World's Strongest Man Magnus Ver Magnusson refereeing the attempt.
Going for the deadlift again but Bryan struggles out and into a leg pick before kicking Cesaro’s arm out from under him!
Madeline Scott won the Women’s Open 84 kg category with a total score of 515, which included a female-meet high deadlift of 217.5 kg.