musclebound
adjUS /ˈmʌsəlˌbaʊnd/
Etymology From muscle + bound.
1
Having pronounced muscle development through weightlifting, bodybuilding, or other physical exercise.
- Work til you're musclebound all night long / Gotta work til you're musclebound all night long1981, “Musclebound”, in Journeys to Glory, performed by Spandau Ballet:
2
Derogatory Having excessive muscle (sometimes with implications of correspondingly inferior intellect).
3
Figuratively Ungainly as a result of muscle over-development.
- Related terms
- musclesome