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musclebound en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmʌsəlˌbaʊnd/ (General-American)
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From muscle + bound.

Meanings

  1. Having pronounced muscle development through weightlifting, bodybuilding, or other physical exercise.
    • Work til you're musclebound all night long / Gotta work til you're musclebound all night long 1981, “Musclebound”, in Journeys to Glory, performed by Spandau Ballet:
  2. (derogatory) Having excessive muscle (sometimes with implications of correspondingly inferior intellect).
  3. (figuratively) Ungainly as a result of muscle over-development.

Forms

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more musclebound Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most musclebound Degree=Sup lexicographic
muscle-bound alternative lexicographic

Relateds

musclesome

Translations (12)

es excesivamente musculoso (Translations) · es cachas (Translations) · de muskelbepackt (Translations) · es fornido (Translations) · bg мускулест (Translations) · fr raide (Translations) · es cuadrado (Translations) · de muskulös (Translations) · cy gorgyhyrog (Translations) · fr aux muscles hypertrophiés (Translations) · ro mătăhălos (Translations) · pl muskularny (Translations)