dumbbell
Noun
Meaning
an ignorant or foolish person
an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle
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For example, lifting 10 kilograms using a dumbbell sometimes requires more force than moving 10 kilograms on a weight stack if certain pulley arrangements are used.
He was bludgeoned and strangled to death with a dumbbell before being dismembered.
Clipping The clipping method is similar to the capping reaction except that in this case the dumbbell shaped molecule is complete and is bound to a partial macrocyle.
Physical activities that people are encouraged to take part include kickboxing, dumbbell exercises with water bottles, and chair aerobics, while the cognitive activities include simple maths problems, left-hand writing, sketching, and jumbled words.
Medicine Hat Public Library chief librarian Ken Feser plays with a foam dumbbell he constructed Monday at the library's new play place.
Stand up with your feet parallel, hip-width apart and hold a dumbbell in front of your chest, or rest a set of dumbbells on the front of your shoulders.