bodybuilding

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Bodybuilding

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Contestants at a bodybuilding competition.

Alternative formsEdit

• body-building

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒdiˌbɪldɪŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːdiˌbɪldɪŋ/

• Audio (US)

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NounEdit

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."

QuotationsEdit

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Related termsEdit

• bodybuilder

TranslationsEdit

NounEdit

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

1. bodybuilding

EtymologyEdit

From English bodybuilding.

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

bodybuilding n (uncountable)

1. bodybuilding

NounEdit

bodybuilding

1. bodybuilding

DeclensionEdit

SynonymsEdit

• bodaus
• kehonrakennus

NounEdit

bodybuilding

1. bodybuilding

DeclensionEdit

Related termsEdit

• bodybuilder

See alsoEdit

• kroppsbyggare
• muskelknutte
• styrketräning