musclegirl en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From muscle + girl, modeled after muscleman.
Meanings
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A strong and muscular girl or woman, especially one who is a bodybuilder.
Musclegirl Alex Rain (Sue Price) awakens on the East African plain with no memory, having been shot clean through the head.
1997, Edmond Grant, Ken Fox, The Motion Picture Guide: 1997 Annual (The Films of 1996), page 265:She thinks of Samantha Grimes, and suddenly Julie raises her fists above her head, elbows bent, and assumes a musclegirl pose, admiring herself in the cloudy silver glass.
1998, Terry Hermsen, Robert Fox ·, Teaching Writing from a Writer's Point of View, page 170:She wasn't the ginormous musclegirl I'd envisioned.
2007, Gena Showalter, Red Handed, page 92:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| musclegirls | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
ja 筋肉女子 (muscular female)