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gym

noun

/d͡ʒɪm/

Abbreviation, Clipping Clipping of gymnasium; especially, a school gymnasium.

It was pouring rain, so the kids played kickball in the gym instead of on the field.
Gym is my favourite period in this school.

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I'm off to the gym for my pilates class.

Abbreviation, Clipping Clipping of gymnastics, often as sense 4.

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports, Weightlifting Especially A sports facility specialized for lifting weights, cardio machines, and other exercise (culturally differentiated from sense 1).

Near-synonyms: health club, sports club
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He's been hitting the gym a lot. He has a membership at a commercial gym and also a bit of a home gym.
Working out in commercial gyms, if anything, made my workouts worse instead of better.2008, Lou Schuler, “Foreward”, in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii:
Pete, I want to work out. Where is the gym?2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

Physical education class (PE class).

gym teacher
gym class

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She has gym on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
They played basketball in gym last week.
The gym teacher at our school makes us stretch before and after each class.

Derived terms: 38 terms
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Related terms: gymnasium, gymnast, gymnastics, jim

gym

verb

Australia, India, South Africa To go to the gym.

The only thing that can make you susceptible to this condition pre-marriage is crash dieting or mindless gymming and exercise.)2011, Rujuta Diwekar, Women and the weight loss tamasha:
I have tried everything from yoga to dancing to gymming, but I can't be consistent with anything. Actually, I'm okay without working out.2013, Neeta Iyer, Find_Love.com:

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So just like you go gymming for your body, go gymming with thoughts in order to have a healthier mind.2021, Sandeep Dahiya, Lazy Ways To Truth, page 30:

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