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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle
2: an ignorant or foolish person [syn: dumbbell, dummy, dope, boob, booby, pinhead]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1785 1. a short bar with weights at each end that is used usually in pairs for exercise 2. a stupid person ; dummy

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see dumb-bell

Moby Thesaurus

Boeotian, Indian club, barbell, block, clod, dimwit, dolt, donkey, dope, dullard, dullhead, dumb cluck, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, exerciser, gowk, horse, idiot, ignoramus, jobbernowl, lackwit, lamebrain, lightweight, long horse, looby, loon, moron, niais, nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nitwit, noddy, parallel bars, punching bag, put, rings, rowing machine, side horse, simpleton, stupid, thickwit, trampoline, trapeze, weight, witling