Usually means: Weights with handles for lifting.
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  1. dumbbell: Merriam-Webster
  2. dumbbell: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dumbbell: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dumbbell: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dumbbell: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dumbbell, dumbbell: Wordnik
  7. dumbbell: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. dumbbell: Wiktionary
  9. dumbbell: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. dumbbell: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. dumbbell: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. dumbbell: Dictionary.com
  13. dumbbell: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. dumbbell: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Dumbbell (disambiguation), Dumbbell: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. dumbbell: Rhymezone
  17. dumbbell: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  18. dumbbell: FreeDictionary.org
  19. dumbbell: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. Dumbbell: The Word Detective
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  22. Dumbbell: World Wide Words
  23. dumbbell: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Dumbbell: Investopedia

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  1. dumbbell: Encyclopedia

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  1. dumbbell: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. Dumbbell: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Dumbbell: Sports Definitions

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▸ noun:  A weight training implement consisting of a short bar with weight counterpoised on each end.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A bell with no clapper, used as bell-striking practice or to strike as a form of physical exercise
▸ noun:  (derogatory) A stupid person.

Similar:
pinhead, dummy, boob, dope, booby, dumb-bell, kettlebell, weight plate, plate, pinch, more...

Opposite:
barbell, weight plate, kettlebell

Types:
weight, barbell, kettlebell, more...

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Dumbbell Nebula, dumbbell curve, Dumbbell Indemnity, dumbbell tenement, more...

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pound, lower, light, single, mixed, rigid, small, heavy, wooden, elastic, right

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Similar:
pinhead, dummy, boob, dope, booby, dumb-bell, kettlebell, weight plate, plate, pinch, more...

Opposite:
barbell, weight plate, kettlebell

Types:
weight, barbell, kettlebell, more...

Phrases:
Dumbbell Nebula, dumbbell curve, Dumbbell Indemnity, dumbbell tenement, more...

Adjectives:
pound, lower, light, single, mixed, rigid, small, heavy, wooden, elastic, right

Colors:
    gray,     black,     silver,     charcoal,     gunmetal, more...



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