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Word: Dumb-bell
Speech Type: Noun
early 18th century: originally denoting an apparatus similar to that used to ring a church bell (but without the bell, so noiseless or ‘dumb’); dumb-bell (sense 2) (dating from the 1920s) is an extended use by association with dumb‘stupid’
ˈdʌmbɛl
a short bar with a weight at each end, used typically in pairs for exercise or muscle-building.
Short Definition:short bar with weight at each end
a stupid person.
Short Definition:stupid person
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