chinning bar
- noun
:
barra de dominadas
- To enhance his workout routine, he practices pull-ups on the chinning bar every day.
Examples
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She installed a chinning bar in her garage to improve her upper body strength.
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Second, fitness apparatus such as exercise bikes and chinning bars are more conducive to small groups of 2-4 than to entire classes.
Academic text (1992) -
If your boy is really active, get a chinning bar for his room for rainy days.
Blog text (12) -
The chinning bar was the perfect addition to his home gym, allowing him to perform various exercises.
Synonyms
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A horizontal bar high above the ground that gymnasts swing on
A single metal pole fixed high between two posts that gymnasts swing and perform moves on
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is a simple compound of 'chinning' (the action of pulling oneself up until the chin reaches the bar) + 'bar' (gym equipment). A B1 learner who knows those constituent meanings can readily infer it is a horizontal bar used for chin-ups, so the composition is immediately comprehensible.
Etymology
The noun chinning bar comes from the simple image of a bar you pull yourself up to: you lift your chin above the bar. People called the action 'chinning' when they pulled their chin over the bar, so a chinning bar is the bar used for that exercise.