as in moron
a stupid person
no, you're not a dumbbell—this is one of the hardest courses the school offers
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Recent Examples of dumbbell
Squatting is a compound weight-lifting exercise that uses equipment such as barbells or dumbbells to help build muscle and strength.
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Laura Schober, Health, 16 Mar. 2026
Planet Fitness once made a point of banning denim in the gym, along with grunting, dropping dumbbells, and judging others.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
Members use Woodway 4Front treadmills, and BeaverFit benches equipped with dumbbells, slam balls and resistance bands.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026
Wrigg takes a 2-pound dumbbell from the sporting goods section and puts it on the scale to show the scale is calibrated correctly.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
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Laura Schober, Health, 16 Mar. 2026
Planet Fitness once made a point of banning denim in the gym, along with grunting, dropping dumbbells, and judging others.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 20 Feb. 2026
Members use Woodway 4Front treadmills, and BeaverFit benches equipped with dumbbells, slam balls and resistance bands.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 16 Feb. 2026
Wrigg takes a 2-pound dumbbell from the sporting goods section and puts it on the scale to show the scale is calibrated correctly.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dumbbell
Noun
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Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.—
Colm Tóibín,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
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This drunk moron — quite different from his character in the novel — bears a ton of blame.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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And Queen Elizabeth was no dummy.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
24 Mar. 2026
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Most hospital training labs use basic dummies or simple mannequins to teach medical skills.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The scale of the headloss was best summed up by Luis Suarez attempting to reason with Messi, before the Argentine did anything on the Suarez scale of stupid.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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But the new parking fees at Balboa Park are a whole new level of stupid.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The radio listener is the big loser here.—
Mac Engel
April 2,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Apr. 2026
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People who need services are the biggest losers.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For starters, there are the cost savings of getting one of these not-so-in-demand mutts.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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Much of the rising interest is tied to claims that these mixed pooches possess more desirable aspects than many purebreeds or mutts.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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As Ray Winstone might say, what a prat.—
Holman W. Jenkins,
WSJ,
29 Mar. 2022
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Through it all, however, the gal has retained a sort of grand hauteur, even while prat-falling into a bush.—
Lester Fabian Brathwaite,
EW.com,
24 Mar. 2022
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These include Caribbean reef sharks, oceanic white tips, great hammerheads, tiger sharks and bull sharks.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Exotic species such as whale sharks, hammerhead sharks and bluefin tuna were seen by boaters and anglers who marveled at the sea creatures more common in tropical waters.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2026
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To see Caleb Williams lean into the rivalry, to see Johnson go full meathead, was invigorating for the local and the NFL, and the league’s fans should be thrilled as well.—
Jon Greenberg,
New York Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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Dana Taylor: Of course, not all great film directors began their careers as actors, but Rob Reiner did as meathead in the classic television show 'All in the Family'.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
17 Dec. 2025
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“Dumbbell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dumbbell. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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