Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The burning of further calories after the end of a period of vigorous exercise.

    Nachbrennwirkung, Nachbrenneffekt

  2. (countable, uncountable)The practice of criticizing a person after they have left, or stopped contributing to the conversation.

Translations

1 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
further calories burning after exercise:

Origin

From after- + burn.

From after- + burn.

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Forms

plural: afterburns
Singularafterburn
Pluralafterburns

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
EPOC

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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