Definitions for muscles
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1. Muscles

   "Muscles" is a 1982 soul single written and produced by Michael Jackson and performed by American R&B/soul singer Diana Ross. The single reached number ten on the pop singles chart and number four on the R&B singles chart upon its release and was the first single from her gold-certified album, Silk Electric. The song, which was named after Jackson's pet snake and was written for Ross and her "desire" for a muscle-bound lover, also gave Ross her twelfth and latest Grammy nomination for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. The song was recorded in 1997 by producer/DJ Peter Rauhofer recording as Club 69 and was a featured single on the Club 69 album Style. The vocals on this version of "Muscles" are performed by singer-songwriter, Suzanne Palmer. Lil' Kim sampled "Muscles" for her rap "Diamonds" but it was not included in the final cut of her album The Notorious K.I.M. Young Jeezy also sampled "Muscles" for the title track of his album The Inspiration.

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1. Muscles

   Contractile tissue that produces movement in animals.

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1. musclesverb

   Verb form of the word muscle.

   The muscles of our body are vital to our movement.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 16, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'muscles' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4491

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'muscles' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4455

How to pronounce muscles?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say muscles in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of muscles in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of muscles in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of muscles in a Sentence

1. Bill Vaughan:

   Muscles come and go; flab lasts.

2. Tryon Edwards:

   To be good, we must do good and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.

3. Jonathan Ross:

   It’s a little like running with the upper body, it’s not just using different muscles but training muscles in different ways.

4. Matshona Dhliwayo:

   It takes more muscles to talk than to be silent.

5. Rachel Dardik:

   We teach women exercises that help them relax the pelvic floor muscles, which can help a great deal.

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