Gym

//d͡ʒɪm// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of gymnasium; especially, a school gymnasium. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

    "It was pouring rain, so the kids played kickball in the gym instead of on the field."

  2. 2
    athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training wordnet
  3. 3
    Clipping of gymnastics, often as sense 4. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable
  4. 4
    A sports facility specialized for lifting weights, cardio machines, and other exercise (culturally differentiated from sense 1). especially

    "Near-synonyms: health club, sports club"

  5. 5
    Physical education class (PE class).

    "gym teacher"

Verb
  1. 1
    To go to the gym. Australia, India, South-Africa, intransitive

    "The only thing that can make you susceptible to this condition pre-marriage is crash dieting or mindless gymming and exercise.)"

Synonyms

All synonyms
gymnasiumagoraamphitheaterarchery groundarenaathletic field

Example

More examples

"The appropriation is pin-money; it wouldn't be enough even to build a gym, much less build the administration building."

Related phrases

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