WEIGHTLIFTING

weightlift, weightlifting

(noun) bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

weightlifting (uncountable)

A form of exercise in which weights are lifted.

(sports) A sport in which competitors lift heavy weights in two events: the snatch and the clean and jerk.

Synonyms

• (form of exercise): weight training

Source: Wiktionary



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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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