weightlifter
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- noun
- /ˈweɪtˌlɪftər/
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levantador de pesas
- Movie stuntman and champion weightlifter, as you might've noticed.
- male weightlifters
In the same breath, though, we will have a a USADA tested weightlifter compete against a North Korean.
- In the same breath, though, we will have a a USADA tested weightlifter compete against a North Korean.
- So Sunny is an Olympic weightlifter represented Great Britain at Rio.
- But you're our first international collaboration since since Clarence Kennedy, Irish weightlifter.
- He's a big man, Joe Strong, good weightlifter, boxer.
Examples
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He was the only US male weightlifter to qualify for Rio.
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So Sunny is an Olympic weightlifter represented Great Britain at Rio.
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One personality is a Russian weightlifter and can lift three times his body weight.
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I'm sure our weightlifter can defend himself.
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For example, when lifting weights, the greater the resistance, the stronger the weightlifter becomes.
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Unless you're some kind of Olympic weightlifter, you probably need a lot less than you'd think.
Blog text (18) -
I'm not a big-time weightlifter or anything, but I'm pretty active and do some bodyweight stuff.
Blog text (7) -
We come out of the montage, the defense attorney Diego Delgado, Joe Calibanos, a weightlifter, is now doing the questioning.
Fiction book (2001) -
The gymnastics, the synchronized swimming—the speed of the runners and the muscle of the weightlifters—it’s just amazing.
Blog text (14) -
During the competition, the skilled weightlifter managed to lift over 300 pounds in front of the cheering crowd.
Synonyms
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A person who trains to raise very heavy weights in a sport
How Dedicated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Weightlifter comes from the simple parts weight, lift, and the ending -er, where -er means a person who does something. It literally means 'one who lifts weights', so it is an athlete who lifts heavy weights in competition.