adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Having pronounced muscle development through weightlifting, bodybuilding, or other physical exercise.

   "Work til you're musclebound all night long / Gotta work til you're musclebound all night long"

2. 2
   Having excessive muscle (sometimes with implications of correspondingly inferior intellect). derogatory
3. 3
   Ungainly as a result of muscle over-development. figuratively

Synonyms

All synonyms

muscular

Example

More examples

"Work til you're musclebound all night long / Gotta work til you're musclebound all night long"

Etymology

From muscle + bound.

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