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. Kee Kim:

   If you’re just moving house and it’s temporary, then a brace is a good idea, but using it all the time is counterproductive because you are allowing the muscles to weaken.

2. Santeri Oksanen:

   I couldnt believe the huge muscles that the monkey had, the other monkeys were very small in comparison, they all looked a bit scared of her.

3. Mae West:

   I go for two kinds of men. The kind with muscles, and the kind without.

4. Matt Bellina:

   This thing doesn’t just take away muscles— it beats us up, kills us, and literally tears families apart, it exhausts everybody around you. I think those people deserve a lot of recognition.

5. Marion Roaman:

   There are two great workouts you can do. When you slide back and climb with some resistance you’re building your glute muscles, which just lifts your butt up a little bit. And then when you’re standing out of the saddle you’re really lifting the work up, so you’re lifting your toosh up and at the same time, engaging your abdominals.

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