Dumbbell
[duhm-bel] /ˈdʌmˌbɛl/
noun
1.
a gymnastic apparatus consisting of two wooden or metal balls connected by a short bar serving as a handle, used as a weight for exercising.
2.
a stupid person.
/ˈdʌmˌbɛl/
noun
1.
(gymnastics, weightlifting) an exercising weight consisting of a single bar with a heavy ball or disc at either end
2.
a small wooden object shaped like this used in dog training for the dog to retrieve
3.
(slang, mainly US & Canadian) a fool
n.
“weighted bar used for exercise,” 1711, originally an apparatus like that used to ring a church bell, but without the bell (hence dumb); used for exercise but sometimes also to practice ringing changes. Figurative sense of “blockhead, stupid person” attested by 1918, American English college slang.
noun
A stupid person; idiot: She’s an awful dumb-bell
[1918+; fr dumbbell, a kind of weightlifter’s barbell, attested from the 1880s]
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