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Definition of Pullup
1. Noun. An exercise done for strengthening the arms and upper body, in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pullup
1. the act of raising oneself while hanging by the hands [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pullup
Literary usage of Pullup
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gymnastics: A Text-book of the German-American System of Gymnastics by William Albin Stecher (1896)
"... and JO backward (similar to a slow pullup). 14 As Exercise 13, with UH; ...
forward and long- swing pullup forward into the FR ; change to OH and ..."
2. The Military Dictionary (1987)
"... makes a definite pullup at a given point, releases the bomb at predetermined
point during the pullup, and tosses the bomb onto the target. ..."
3. The Child and Childhood in Folk Thought: (The Child in Primative Culture) by Alexander Francis Chamberlain (1896)
"... nun-pullup "boy," ila-pullup "girl,"pul "son," — where ila means "female,"
and nun "male." In some others, as was the case with the Latin puella, ..."
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