I can’t do a pull-up yet, but I’m working up to it.
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Pull-up
//ˈpʊl.ʌp//
Synonyms for "pull-up" (16 found)
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26 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- набиране noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 引體上升 /引体上升 noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 引體向上 /引体向上 noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
Czech
1 entries- shyb noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
Danish
1 entries- kropshævning noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
Estonian
1 entries- lõuatõmme noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
Finnish
1 entries- leuanveto noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
French
1 entries- traction noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
German
1 entries- Klimmzug noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
Greek
1 entries- έλξη noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
Hungarian
1 entries- húzódzkodás noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
Italian
1 entries- trazione alla sbarra noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
Japanese
1 entries- 懸垂 noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
Korean
1 entries- 턱걸이 noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
Lithuanian
1 entries- prisitraukimas noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
Polish
1 entries- podciąganie się na drążku noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
Romanian
1 entries- tracțiune noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
Russian
1 entries- подтя́гивание noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- zgib noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
- згиб noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
Spanish
3 entries- barbilla noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
- dominada noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
- ejercicio de tracción noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
Swedish
1 entries- räckhäv noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
Tagalog
1 entries- pagbabaras noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
Turkish
1 entries- barfiks noun (an exercise done for strengthening the arms and back)
Sample sentences
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Tom can't do a pull-up.
Source: tatoeba (10139349)
Tom can't do even one a pull-up.
Source: tatoeba (10146254)
DeWitt compared the average number of pullups college men can do grasping the bar with palms toward the face (supinated) and palms away from the face (pronated), and with kicking and kipping while raising the body. The subjects averaged 2.08 more pullups with the palms supinated than with the palms pronated.
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