Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who lifts heavy weights for exercise or in an athletic competition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun weightlifting A person who competes for
maximum weight lifted in a series of specific lifts. - noun A person who uses
weights to train themuscles of the body, usually forstrength or for improvedperformance in asport .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an athlete who lifts barbells
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Examples
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When the winning champion weightlifter is satisfied with his world record, he returns the barbell/broom to its vertical position and resumes sweeping the patio.
French Word-A-Day: 2005
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When the winning champion weightlifter is satisfied with his world record, he returns the barbell/broom to its vertical position and resumes sweeping the patio.
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When the winning champion weightlifter is satisfied with his world record, he returns the barbell/broom to its vertical position and resumes sweeping the patio.
French Word-A-Day: 2005
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A coule of years ago I started suffering from deliberating, exercize-induced migranes, sometimes called weightlifter headaches, even though I was never really a weightlifter.
Muti 2009
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A coule of years ago I started suffering from deliberating, exercize-induced migranes, sometimes called weightlifter headaches, even though I was never really a weightlifter.
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A coule of years ago I started suffering from deliberating, exercize-induced migranes, sometimes called weightlifter headaches, even though I was never really a weightlifter.
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Meanwhile, the weightlifter and Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Zoe Smith has had her funding reinstated by the sport's governing body following the temporary suspension of funds last December.
Injury will sideline Mark Lewis-Francis for months says head coach 2011
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The creators did not want him wearing fake muscles, so Reeve worked out with British weightlifter, David Prowse (the body behind Darth Vader from Star Wars).
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He was a strapping 6-plus-footer and a weightlifter.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Crime to Repeatedly Insult a Minor 2010
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I wouldn't have the courage? hahaha look, old man, I'm 6'1 , I've been a weightlifter for years, and I've trained in krav maga (Israeli streetfighting) and a Russian form of baritsu.
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