bodybuilding

noun
/ˈbɒ.diˌbɪl.dɪŋ/UK/ˈbɑ.diˌbɪl.dɪŋ/US

Etymology

From body + building.

  1. inherited from byldynge
  2. formed as bodybuilding — “body + building

Definitions

  1. A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.

    • Like those activities, bodybuilding is an obsession, a living (for a few), and a way of life for the people involved in it—a subculture, in a word, with its own values, aesthetics and vocabulary.
  2. Work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile.

    • In my day, if you filled out your shirt, people assumed you played football or wrestled. The term bodybuilding had more to do with cars than lifting weights.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA