Meaning

4 senses
  1. Any muscle having two heads.

    Bizeps

    би́цепсbíceps

    any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm)

  2. Specifically, the biceps brachii, the flexor of the elbow.

  3. (informal)The upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm.

  4. A point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (two brevia).

Examples

19 sentences
  1. Tom flexed his biceps.

    ruТом поиграл бицепсами.

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  2. He proudly showed his big biceps.

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  3. Ideal for muscle building in the biceps.

    deIdeal für den Muskelaufbau im Bizeps.

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  4. You have excellent definition in your biceps and triceps.

    deIhr Bizeps und Trizeps sind hervorragend definiert.

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  5. He gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
any muscle having two heads:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
any muscle having two heads:

Origin

Derived from Latin biceps (“double-headed, two-peaked”), from bis (“twice”) + -ceps (“head

Derived from Latin biceps (“double-headed, two-peaked”), from bis (“twice”) + -ceps (“headed”).

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Forms

plural: biceps / bicepses / bicipites
Singularbiceps
Pluralbiceps / bicepses / bicipites

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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