Associations to the word «Dumbbell»

Wiktionary

DUMBBELL, noun. (weightlifting) A weight consisting of two disks or spheres attached to a short bar; used for exercise and weight training
DUMBBELL, noun. (pejorative) A stupid person
DUMBBELL CURVE, noun. (mathematics) Any of a family of closed curves having two lobes; they satisfy the general equation y2 = α2(x4 - x6)

Dictionary definition

DUMBBELL, noun. An exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle.
DUMBBELL, noun. An ignorant or foolish person.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats