dumbbell

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  1. noun A weight consisting of a short bar with a metal ball or disk at each end that is lifted for muscular development and exercise.
  2. noun Slang A stupid person; a dolt.

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  • By twisting his head a little, Commander Hendrix could see the other pod of the dumbbell-shaped station. —  Analog, July/August 2003
  • For the moment it was simply an asymmetric ceramic fiber dumbbell, spinning in a minimal collision orbit-area of the asteroid reach—the Pan full of prospectors and their support staff, the Knob reserved for the government's business out here, and the Handle an empty, concertina-walled permanent umbilical between. —  Gardner Dozois - The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection (2006)
  • He's no dumbbell, and you won't make him believe in miracles. —  Clement, Hal - Needle.htm
  • "Of course there is, dumbbell," the spire replied. —  Centaur Aisle
  • "Rope? What for To pull you up, dumbbell," it said. —  Centaur Aisle
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dumbbell:   dumbbells
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  1. From an apparatus similar to that used in ringing a church bell, but without the bell, used for practice or physical exercise.
 

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