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English

Alternative forms

• body-building

Etymology

From body +? building.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?di?b?ld??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b??di?b?ld??/

Noun

bodybuilding (uncountable)

1. A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
   • 1974, Charles Gaines & George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, page 7.

     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. (dated) Work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile.
   • 2006 — Larry Scott (interview), Iron Man 65(5): 258

     "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."

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:bodybuilding.

Related terms

• bodybuilder

Translations

Further reading

• bodybuilding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• bodybuilding on Wikiversity.Wikiversity

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bodybuilding.

Noun

bodybuilding c (singular definite bodybuildingen, not used in plural form)

1. bodybuilding

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English bodybuilding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?.di?b?l.d??/
• Hyphenation: bo?dy?buil?ding

Noun

bodybuilding n (uncountable)

1. bodybuilding

Related terms

• bodybuilder
• bodybuildster

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bodybuilding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?di?bildi?/, [?b?di?bildi?]
• IPA^(key): /?bodi?bildi?/, [?bo?di?bildi?]

Noun

bodybuilding

1. bodybuilding

   Synonyms: bodaus, kehonrakennus

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English bodybuilding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?.di.bil.di?/

Noun

bodybuilding m (plural bodybuildings)

1. bodybuilding

   Synonym: culturisme

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bodybuilding.

Noun

bodybuilding ?

1. bodybuilding

Declension

Related terms

• bodybuilder

See also

• kroppsbyggare
• muskelknutte
• styrketräning

English

Alternative forms

• muscle-bound

Etymology

muscle +? bound

Adjective

musclebound (comparative more musclebound, superlative most musclebound)

1. Having pronounced muscle development through weightlifting, bodybuilding, or other physical exercise.
2. (derogatory) Having excessive muscle (sometimes with implications of correspondingly inferior intellect).
3. (figuratively) Ungainly as a result of muscle over-development.

Translations

See also

• musclesome