biceps
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- noun
- /ˈbaɪsɛps/
- Specialized
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bíceps
- He flexed his arm to show off his large biceps at the gym.
- biceps brachii
- biceps muscle
- biceps femoris
He has mile long legs, Sequoia wide biceps.
- He has mile long legs, Sequoia wide biceps.
- So if it's ten sets per week for biceps in order to maintain or further grow the biceps.
- Pull ups so I can hit my back and biceps in one overhand, underhand, neutral.
- It's like any muscle, you know, it's like, look, we all have biceps, but some people's biceps are enormous.
- Like, you know, do bicep curls, your biceps get bigger, but work out your heart.
- OK, so I'm just doing my huge jacked biceps right now.
Examples
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You want to work your chest, your back, your biceps, your legs, your calves, your hamstrings.
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I have a memory of my father flexing his biceps and letting me feel the round, knotted muscle.
Fiction book (1997) -
Yeah, just his biceps were bigger than my head.
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So if it's ten sets per week for biceps in order to maintain or further grow the biceps.
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Son, do you measure your biceps?
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So if you want bigger biceps, you know, some variation of doing this is probably good.
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Let's say you train your biceps.
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Yeah, my biceps are natural, but they're actually quite big.
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So typically on a Monday, I'm going to start with my back and my biceps, which are the pull motions.
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Sitting at a circular table was a harsh-looking woman with biceps that would have made a prizefighter proud.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
A large arm muscle that bends the elbow and turns the palm up
A muscle in the upper arm that bends the elbow and turns the forearm so the palm faces up
A muscle in the upper arm that bends the elbow and turns the forearm so the palm faces up
Compounds
- Specialized
A muscle in the upper arm that bends the elbow and turns the forearm so the palm faces up
- Specialized
A muscle at the back of the thigh that bends the knee and turns the lower leg outward
- Specialized
A muscle in the upper arm that bends the elbow and turns the forearm so the palm faces up
- Specialized
A muscle at the back of the thigh that bends the knee and turns the lower leg outward
Surface Forms
Morphology
biceps = bi + ceps
The prefix 'bi-' (two) is recognizable to many learners, but the combining form '-ceps' is not a standalone English word and its meaning ('head') is not obvious to most, so the overall analysis is partially helpful but not fully transparent.
Etymology
Biceps comes from the parts bi- meaning 'two', as in bicycle, and -ceps meaning 'head'. That's why the biceps is a muscle with 'two heads', the large muscle at the front of the upper arm that bends the elbow.