biceps
pronunciation
How to pronounce biceps in British English:
UK [ˈbaɪseps]
How to pronounce biceps in American English:
US [ˈbaɪˌsɛps]
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- Noun:
- any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm)
Word Origin
- biceps
- 1630s (adj.), from Latin biceps "having two parts," literally "two-headed," from bis "double" (see bis-) + -ceps comb. form of caput "head" (see capitulum). As a noun meaning "biceps muscle," from 1640s, so called for its structure. Despite the -s, it is singular, and classicists insist there is no such word as bicep.
Example
- 1. Why didn 't working biceps weaken restraint ?
- 2. Do multiple repetitions-you 'll feel it working your biceps , shoulders , chest and abs .
- 3. He has the same closely cropped hair , the same bulging biceps and the same youthful confidence .
- 4. Maybe the next time you and your biceps are shopping for protein powder , you 'll know exactly what you 're getting .
- 5. As you know many men think being a real man to attract women is all about having big biceps or acting arrogant all the time .