triceps
- noun
- /ˈtraɪsɛps/
- Specialized
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tríceps
- The personal trainer advised her to include triceps extensions in her weightlifting routine.
- triceps extension
- triceps stretch
Then on push days, I'm doing chest, I'm doing triceps, I'm doing shoulders.
- Then on push days, I'm doing chest, I'm doing triceps, I'm doing shoulders.
- And then I would have to say skull crushers for triceps.
- You can't make inroads, do you know, on your on your triceps.
- So this may sound as if you're training a bunch of small muscle groups, biceps, triceps, necks and calves, and that's true.
- Train like a chest and triceps or back and biceps another day and then legs separate.
- And then one day a week I do smaller body parts, like I'll do my calves, train my calves again, biceps, triceps.
- Have you ever had a moment where you makes my triceps hurt?
- And I was being very serious too, because I was hurting like my, on my arms, my triceps, my back and my quads more than anything.
- Your core, your back, your triceps, and even your biceps.
- I mean I'll still do curls and like, you know, triceps and stuff, but very like Olympic and then like very dynamic type stuff.
Examples
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In order to build strength in my arms, I focused on exercises that target my triceps.
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Your core, your back, your triceps, and even your biceps.
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Train like a chest and triceps or back and biceps another day and then legs separate.
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Usually it's mid morning and I'll do you know, small muscle groups, biceps, triceps, rear delts.
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He felt soreness in his triceps after completing a challenging set of push-ups.
Synonyms
A large muscle at the back of the upper arm that straightens the forearm at the elbow
A large muscle at the back of the upper arm that straightens the elbow
Compounds
- Specialized
A large muscle at the back of the upper arm that straightens the elbow
- Specialized
A large muscle at the back of the upper arm that straightens the forearm at the elbow
Surface Forms
Morphology
triceps = tri + ceps
The prefix 'tri-' clearly signals 'three', but the combining form '-ceps' is a Latin-derived, non-standalone element meaning 'head' and is not a familiar English word, so learners can only partially infer 'three-headed muscle'.
Etymology
Triceps breaks into tri- meaning 'three' and -ceps from caput meaning 'head', the same pattern you see in biceps and quadriceps. So triceps literally means 'three-headed', which fits because the muscle has three parts that help straighten the arm.
