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  • noun bodybuilding A dietary supplement that increases water uptake in muscle cells, causing the muscles to temporarily swell.

Etymologies

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volumize +‎ -er

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Examples

  • Sculptra, a cosmetic "volumizer" approved last year for facial-skin atrophy in HIV patients, stimulates the growth of collagen and reduces sagging and wrinkling.

    HEALTH: WHEN PLUMP IS PRETTY 2007

  • She then spritzed the models' hair with volumizer and tousled it with a daily hair repair serum for added texture.

    Barrettes: Dowdy No More Erin Flaherty 2011

  • There are different ways to create an updo, but what is needed is the volume that can be achieved by teasing, curling, or hot roller setting the hair and, definitely, using a volumizer.

    Best in Beauty Riku Campo 2010

  • A couple spritzes of volumizer, some careful tousling of the roots, and off you go!

    Verena von Pfetten: Frizzy Is The New Fabulous 2009

  • With a blend of humidity-resistant polymers, the volumizer “kept my hair from falling flat, whether I wore it straight or curly,” one said.

    Best Beauty Award Winners Under $10 « 2009

  • Bouncin' And Behavin' Hair kiehl's super thick volumizer

    Bouncin' And Behavin' Hair PeaceBang 2006

  • You can get the volumizer at the finer cosmetics ateliers and on line at kiehls.com.

    Bouncin' And Behavin' Hair PeaceBang 2006

  • And though the freaky fro had become an endangered species in the '80s, the decade was the golden era of volumizer.

    CNN Transcript Dec 26, 2003 2003

  • I use Philip Kingsley's shampoos and volumizer spray [$16 and $23, respectively, at Philip Kingsley Trichological Clinic, 16 East 53rd Street]; Stephen Knoll's Healthy Intensive Rehydrating Treatment [Sephora, $38.50].

    How an Uptown Girl Gets On: QVC, Foreman Grills, Chocolate 2001

  • Apply an anti-frizz product and volumizer before blow-drying the hair smooth using a round brush.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

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