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StairMaster

StairMaster

6 4.2
A brand of exercise machine that makes you climb stairs inside
  • proper noun
translation icon : StairMaster
  • Charlie is on a StairMaster, as Harriet walks in wearing a robe.
  • StairMaster exercise machine
  • climb on the StairMaster
  • minutes on the StairMaster

Examples

  • " Did Gaffey come through?" George Mitrakis called over to Lisa Theroux, who was furiously trimming her thighs on a Stairmaster.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Well, you know, 45 minutes on the Stairmaster.

    Speechless (1994)

  • I gotta get back on the StairMaster.

    Simon Sez (1999)

  • "I was working out at Crunch, and I was on a Stairmaster, and this guy got on the machine next to me."

    Fiction book (2001)

  • - l'll be on the StairMaster.

    DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004)

  • It's called a Stairmaster.

    The Ugly Truth (2009)

  • He was on a StairMaster exercise machine, climbing briskly to nowhere.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • My trainer's got me on Nautilus and the StairMaster, so you don't have to worry about Nick Lang.

    The Hard Way (1991)

  • PATRICK works up a sweat on the Stairmaster machine... every muscle in his well-toned body bulges beneath his tight Lycra tank top and shorts.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • I try to do at least half an hour on the StairMaster every morning to stay fit.

How Impactful

StairMaster
6 4.2
treadmill
253 2.5
elliptical
  • US
1 4.5

Surface Forms

StairMaster main

Morphology

StairMaster = stair + master (semi-transparent) = stair + master

As a brand name the form is transparently built from 'stair' + 'master', but it is a proprietary name rather than a fully productive lexical compound.

Etymology

StairMaster is a brand name made from stair and master, chosen to suggest 'master of the stairs'. That is why it is the name of a machine designed to copy stair climbing for a workout.