Associations to the word «Weightlifting»

Wiktionary

WEIGHTLIFTING, noun. A form of exercise in which weights are lifted.
WEIGHTLIFTING, noun. (sports) A sport in which competitors lift heavy weights in two events: the snatch and the clean and jerk.

Dictionary definition

WEIGHTLIFTING, noun. Bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights.

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