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. muscles

   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?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Daniel Frankl:

   But they take your attention away your workout so you may not be giving it your best effort, paying attention to your effort—your heart rate, your breathing, the sensation in your muscles—helps you maintain a steady effort so you can burn more calories.

2. Angela Primachenko:

   Im just taking it [ one ] day at a time and just trying to regain my strength and core and muscles.

3. Dara Theodore:

   Your body is working hard after the workout to replenish your muscles and keep getting oxygen into the body, it works for you beyond the 20, 30 or 40 minutes you’re doing the actual activity.

4. Tim Don:

   It's a whole-body smash fest, it normally takes about a week or 10 days to recover. Your muscles are broken down systemically, and you're hungry consistently for three or four days.

5. Ignacio Garrido:

   The main goal was to recover physically because I lost 50 percent of my muscles, my clubs felt like iron bars when I swung them so I had to go little by little.

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