Dumb-bell

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  dumbbell \dumb"bell`\, dumb-bell \dumb"-bell`\, n.
     An exercising weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids,
     connected by a short bar for a handle; used (often in pairs)
     for gymnastic exercise.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     2. an ignorant or foolish person.
  
     Syn: dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinhead.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dumbbell
       n 1: an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar
            that serves as a handle
       2: an ignorant or foolish person [syn: {dummy}, {dope}, {boob},
           {booby}, {pinhead}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "dumbbell":
     Boeotian, Indian club, barbell, block, clod, dimwit, dolt, donkey,
     dope, dullard, dullhead, dumb cluck, dummkopf, dummy, dunce,
     exerciser, gowk, horse, idiot, ignoramus, jobbernowl, lackwit,
     lamebrain, lightweight, long horse, looby, loon, moron, niais,
     nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nitwit, noddy, parallel bars,
     punching bag, put, rings, rowing machine, side horse, simpleton,
     stupid, thickwit, trampoline, trapeze, weight, witling