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gym
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[ noun ] (sport) athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training
Synonyms Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)In his gym the professor has some of the most `` knocked_out '' equipment since Vic_Tanny . (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)The apparatus used by gymnasts was once a common sight in American gyms , but about 1930 it was in_favor_of games . The parallel_bars , horse , buck , springboard , horizontal_bar , rings , and mats formerly in the school gyms were replaced by baseball , volleyball , basketball and football . (Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)This is not unlike the order received by the sergeant of an army motor_pool : `` Four trucks to Fort_Mason gym , 7 : 30 tonight , for hauling girls to dance . Related terms |
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