pushup
- noun
- /ˈpʊʃˌʌp/
- US
- "Seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty!" Diane Ames squeezed out the last of her pushups and dropped to the deck, tired but happy.
- pushup position
- set of pushups
- classic pushup
It was just like all squats, pushups and just like lifting random shit.
- It was just like all squats, pushups and just like lifting random shit.
Examples
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Performing pushups for thirty minutes a day, the body can be in good shape.
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We'll get your hundred pushups done.
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Probably the number of pushups I can do in an hour.
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Get over here and do pushups with me.
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Performing the exercises for the upper body, pushups can be the best option.
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I'm a little out of breath from all the pushups.
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50 sit-ups and 50 pushups.
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Who wants 50 pushups?
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Members also do lunges, pushups, and medicine ball relays on the sand.
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To test your strength, try to do 20 pushups in a row without stopping.
Synonyms
An exercise where you lie on your stomach and push your body up and down with your arms
Compounds
An exercise where you push your body up and down with hands wide apart to work the chest and shoulders
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Etymology
Pushup is made of the two words push 'to press' and up 'toward a higher place', so a pushup is simply the exercise of pushing your body up and down from the floor.