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ˈbaɪ sɛps; -sɛp sɪzbi·ceps

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bicepsnoun

    any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm)

Wiktionary

  1. bicepsnoun

    Any muscle having two heads.

  2. bicepsnoun

    Specifically, the biceps brachii, the flexor of the elbow.

  3. bicepsnoun

    The upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm.

  4. bicepsnoun

    A point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (two brevia)

  5. Etymology: From biceps, from bis + caput.

Wikipedia

  1. Biceps

    ‹See Tfd› The biceps or biceps brachii (Latin: musculus biceps brachii, "two-headed muscle of the arm") is a large muscle that lies on the front of the upper arm between the shoulder and the elbow. Both heads of the muscle arise on the scapula and join to form a single muscle belly which is attached to the upper forearm. While the biceps crosses both the shoulder and elbow joints, its main function is at the elbow where it flexes the forearm and supinates the forearm. Both these movements are used when opening a bottle with a corkscrew: first biceps screws in the cork (supination), then it pulls the cork out (flexion).

ChatGPT

  1. biceps

    Biceps are a group of muscles located in the front of the upper arm between the shoulder and the elbow. They are primarily responsible for the movement and rotation of the forearm and the flexing of the elbow. It consists of a "short head" and a "long head" that work as a single muscle. The term "biceps" is often used in reference to the biceps brachii muscle, although there is also a biceps muscle in the thigh known as the biceps femoris.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bicepsnoun

    a muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Biceps

    bī′seps, n. the muscle in front of the arm between the shoulder and elbow. [L. biceps, two-headed—bis, twice, and caput, head.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of biceps in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of biceps in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of biceps in a Sentence

  1. Eddie Salmeron:

    My forearms started feeling it, my back started feeling it, my biceps felt everything. It was just — it was the longest 10 minutes of my life.

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  3. Eddie Salmeron:

    — when Eddie Salmeron bait alarm started sounding. I set the hook, and that was when the whole fight began, my forearms started feeling it, my back started feeling it, my biceps felt everything. It was just — it was the longest 10 minutes of my life.

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