Word Study
dumbbell
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dumbbell has 2 senses
- dumbbell(n = noun.artifact) Array - an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle; Array is a kind of exercising weight, free weight, weight
- dumbbell(n = noun.person) boob, booby, dope, dummy, pinhead - an ignorant or foolish person; Array is a kind of simple, simpleton
THESAURUS
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
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