Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A physical exercise in which one uses the abdominal muscles to raise the torso from a supine to a sitting position and then lies back down again without moving the legs.
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- noun An
exercise in which theabdominal muscles arecontracted , bringing thetorso of a person lying down to a moreupright position.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a stomach exercise in which a person sits up from a supine position without using the arms for leverage
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Examples
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For every push-up or sit-up her daughter does, she earns one minute of usage on either her iPod or NintendoDS.
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Halfway through a sit-up, Emma scooted down on the yoga mat, making sure her head didn't slam into the concrete.
The Rat Eats Last Janet Freeman 2011
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His hands then found her ass, pulling her against him hard enough that he did a sit-up on every thrust.
Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011
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You should only be doing sit-up if you want bigger stomach.
The Volokh Conspiracy » “We Have to Pass the Bill So That You Can Find Out What Is In It” 2010
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His hands then found her ass, pulling her against him hard enough that he did a sit-up on every thrust.
Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011
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If you want to decorate your mobile phone, Strapya will sell you Kinnikuman and friends as straps, or even as USB sit-up devices.
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To rise from bed, when lying on your back, roll to your side and push from your forearm and hands to reach a sitting position to avoid rising using an old-fashioned sit-up motion.
Abby Sims: Preventing Pregnancy Aches and Pains Abby Sims 2011
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To rise from bed, when lying on your back, roll to your side and push from your forearm and hands to reach a sitting position to avoid rising using an old-fashioned sit-up motion.
Abby Sims: Preventing Pregnancy Aches and Pains Abby Sims 2011
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I saw a woman doing strenuous sit-up exercises and I remarked that they looked difficult.
Against Paternalism, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Again he woke up sweating that night, his upper body jolting straight up past military sit-up position, a fierce scream accompanying the sudden jolt.
Stories from the War Nathaniel Tower 2011
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