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Definition: Gym |
GymNoun1. Athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "gym" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1915. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Gym is a shortened form of gymnasium and refers to facilities intended for indoor sports or exercise. Gym can also refer to a physical education course or a metal frame support used in outdoor play equipment, as in "jungle gym".The word gymnasium was used in ancient Greece, meaning a locality for the education of young men. Physical education was considered at least as important as learning, and the fact that the students were naked (gymnos in Greek) when performing bodily exercises explains the use of the word in the United Kingdom and the United States.
See also: Gymnasium (school)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Gym."
Synonym: GymSynonym: gymnasium (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Gym |
| English words defined with "gym": exercise ♦ knocked-out ♦ Plimsoll ♦ work out. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Gym" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (gym), Swedish (gym). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | She's the most used piece of equipment in the gym. (Perfect; writing credit: Aaron Latham;) I'm a wimp! Hell, I've got a porcelain kitten in my gym bag (Just Shoot Me!; writing credit: David Renwick) If you try to make everyone follow your plan, you're really no better than a gym teacher (The Weekenders; writing credit: Douglas Langdale) Yes! My gym just got trampolines (Will & Grace; writing credit: Evan Weinstein) Let's move on to Hell and Purgatory, also known as the gym and locker rooms (Daria; writing credit: Glenn Eichler; Peggy Nicoll) | |
Lyrics | There was three young ladies in the school gym locker (Walk This Way; performing artist: Aerosmith) And run through with my gym shorts on (Pinch Me; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies) 'cause I saw you dancing in the gym (American Pie; performing artist: Don McLean) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Gym College (1955) A Gym Dandy (1927) Gym Gems (1926) A Hot Time In the Gym (1917) 24/7 34: Freaky Gym Talz (2000) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Hustled it into a nightgown and sent it to Dick's study with a stolen gym glove. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Winter pastimes. Meeting of the business men's 5-o'clock body-building class at the gym. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Alma Sanitarium, the gym, Alma, Mich. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Chemical bldg. and gym, U. of M. [University of Michigan], Ann Arbor, Mich. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Charlotte Court House, Virginia. Central High School. Auditorium with movable seats for 700 used for a gym. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Arden, New York. Interracial activities at Camp Ellen Marvin, where children are aided by the Methodist Camp Service. Mothers supervising their children who are playing in a jungle gym. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Helena Rubenstein, business at 655 5th Ave., New York, New York. Gym. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Country School, Weston, Massachusetts. Gym. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Children at play on grounds of Washington Child Research Center. Children on jungle gym. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Trinity College. Basketball game in gym on Trinity College campus. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Pompei gym" by Ruben Abascal Commentary: "A Gimnasium in Ancient City of Pompei." | "In the Gym 7" by Matt Williams Commentary: "Gym machine, Gym machine....." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Recess; play; scream; jungle gym; swing set; run; jump; chase; chasing. | | School hallway; locker room; gym; . |
| Racquet ball; handball; gym; sport. | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Contingency management uses a voucher-based system to give positive rewards for staying in treatment and remaining cocaine free. Based on drug-free urine tests, the patients earn points, which can be exchanged for items that encourage healthy living, such as joining a gym, or going to a movie and dinner. (references) | |
Business | The U.S. is the indisputable leader for imported professional gym equipment. (references) | |
A major factor that gym owners take into consideration is the balance between price and quality. (references) | ||
Local firms that manufacture mechanical gym equipment also manufacture mechanical home equipment. (references) | ||
Economic History | Chile | A few service-oriented franchises have opened, including Mailboxes Etc., AlphaGraphics and Powerhouse Gym. (references) |
Cyprus | Non-food U.S. franchises, such as Athlete's Foot and Gold's Gym, are also present and successful in Cyprus. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Ann Richards | That's a consequence of those little hairline fractures. But weight-bearing exercise can build bone, build strength and that's what I do. I was in a gym this morning. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Gym" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.18% of the time. "Gym" is used about 364 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.18% | 361 | 14,936 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.55% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.27% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 364 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "gym": gym hall ♦ gym mat ♦ gym shoe ♦ gym shoes ♦ gym shorts ♦ jungle gym. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "gym": gym-instructress, gym-shoe, gym-slip, gym-slips. | |
Ending with "gym": multi-gym. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
total gym | 3,206 | total gym 3000 | 144 |
gold gym | 2,954 | gym clothes | 137 |
gym | 2,164 | total gym chuck norris | 131 |
gym equipment | 694 | gym sex | 123 |
world gym | 668 | crunch gym | 113 |
gym knickers | 519 | home gym weider | 113 |
curve gym | 434 | club gym health | 105 |
ballys gym | 344 | equinox gym | 104 |
powerhouse gym | 333 | gym equipment used | 100 |
little gym | 322 | adult gym knickers school | 94 |
adult gym knickers | 276 | gym mat | 93 |
total gym fitness | 222 | fitness gym | 92 |
gym bag | 212 | home gym review | 91 |
total gym 1000 | 199 | total gym exercise | 86 |
home gym equipment | 198 | total body gym | 85 |
brain gym | 196 | gym locker | 84 |
total gym xl | 182 | gym set | 78 |
total gym 1500 | 178 | curve for woman gym | 70 |
total gym 2000 | 164 | grundos gym | 67 |
jungle gym | 150 | gold gym power flex | 67 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "gym"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | gjimnaz (college, gymnasium, middle school), palestër (gymnasium, palaestra, palestra). (various references) | |
Arabic | قاعة رياضة, الجمنازيوم (gymnasium). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | гимнастически салон (drill-hall, gymnasium). (various references) | |
Chinese | 體育館 (gymnasium, stadium), 体操 (gymnastic, gymnastics). (various references) | |
Czech | gymnastika (gymnastics), tìlocvik (gymnastics), tìlocvièna (gymnasium). (various references) | |
Dutch | sportbroek (gym shorts). (various references) | |
Finnish | voimistelu (gymnastics, physical training). (various references) | |
French | gymnastique (gymnasium, gymnastic, gymnastics), gym, salle de gymnastique (gymnasium). (various references) | |
German | gymnastik (calisthenics, gymnastics, keep-fit exercises), turnhalle (gymnasium, sports hall). (various references) | |
Greek | γυμναστήριο (gymnasium). (various references) | |
Hebrew | אולם התעמלות (gymnasium). (various references) | |
Hungarian | tornaterem (gym hall, gymnasia, gymnasium, palaestra, palestra), torna (gymnastic, gymnastics, p.t., physical exercises, physical training). (various references) | |
Italian | ginnastica (exercise, gymnastics, physical exercises, physical jerks), ginnàstica (gymnastics), palestra (gymnasium). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ジプシー音楽 (German, giant, giant panda, Giants, gibberellin, gymkhana, gymnasium, gymnastics, gypsy music, gyro, gyrocompas, gyrocompass, gyrocopter, gyropilot, gyroscope, Jacquard, jar, jargon, jerk, jerky, jersey, Jim Crow, journal, journalism, journalist, journalistic, journey, young people who sit on the ground or sidewalk). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ジム (gymnasium). (various references) | |
Korean | 체조 (gymnastics). (various references) | |
Manx | braag lheiltys (gym shoe). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ymgay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ginstica (gymnastics), ginsio (gymnasium). (various references) | |
Romanian | gimnasticã (gymnastic, gymnastics), salã de sport (sports holl), salã de gimnasticã (gymnasium). (various references) | |
Russian | гимнастический зал (gymnasium). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sala za vežbanje. (various references) | |
Spanish | gimnasio (gymnasium, house). (various references) | |
Swedish | gymnastiksal (gymnasium), gymnastik (calisthenics, callisthenics, drilling, gymnastics, physical training), gym. (various references) | |
Thai | รองเท้าเล่นกีฬา (gym shoe). (various references) | |
Turkish | spor salonu (coliseum, fitness center, gymnasium). (various references) | |
Turkmen | bedenterbie (exercise). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | гімнастичний зал (gymnasium), гімнастика (athletics, callisthenics, gymnastics). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 21, Verse 18 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Anasthqi labe to paidion kai krathson th ceiri sou auto eiV gar eqnoV mega poihsw auton |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Surge tolle puerum et tene manum illius quia in gentem magnam faciam eum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Aris nu ond gym hys for þan ðe he wyrð gyt mycelre mægðe." Ond seo modor swa dyde. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Aryse, and take the child, and holde the honde of hym; for into a greet folk I shal make hym. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Aryse and lyfte vp the lad and take hym in thy hande for I will make off him a greate people. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand: for I will make him a great nation. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Come, take your child in your arms, for I will make of him a great nation. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 21, Verse 18 |
| Cebuano | Tumindog ka, sakwata ang bata, ug kupti siya sa imong kamot, kay himoon ko siya nga usa ka dakung nasud. |
| Chinese | 起 來 、 把 童 子 抱 在 懷 中 、 〔 懷 原 文 作 手 〕 我 必 使 他 的 後 裔 成 為 大 國 。 |
| Croatian | Na noge! Digni djeèaka i utješi ga, jer od njega æu podiæi velik narod." |
| Danish | rejs dig, hjælp Drengen op og tag ham ved Hånden, thi jeg vil gøre ham til et stort Folk!" |
| Dutch | Sta op, hef den jongen op, en houd hem vast met uwe hand; want Ik zal hem tot een groot volk stellen. |
| Finnish | Nouse, nosta poika maasta ja tartu hänen käteensä, sillä minä teen hänestä suuren kansan." |
| French | Lève-toi, prends l`enfant, saisis-le de ta main; car je ferai de lui une grande nation. |
| German | Steh auf, nimm den Knaben und führe ihn an deiner Hand; denn ich will ihn zum großen Volk machen. |
| Haitian Creole | Leve non, pran ti pitit la, kenbe l'. M'ap fè pitit pitit li yo tounen yon gwo nasyon. |
| Hungarian | Kelj fel, vedd fel a gyermeket, és viseld gondját, mert nagy néppé teszem õt. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Pergilah kepada anakmu, angkat dan tenangkanlah dia. Aku akan menjadikan keturunannya suatu bangsa yang besar." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bangunlah engkau, angkatlah budak itu, sokonglah dia, karena Aku akan menjadikan dia suatu bangsa yang besar. |
| Maori | Whakatika, hapainga ake te tamaiti, puritia hoki ki tou ringa; no te mea ka meinga ia e ahau hei iwi nui. |
| Norwegian | Reis dig, løft gutten op og hold ham ved hånden! For jeg vil gjøre ham til et stort folk. |
| Portuguese | Ergue-te, levanta o menino e toma-o pela mão, porque dele farei uma grande nação. |
| Rumanian | Scoalq-te, ia copilul wi yine -l de mknq; cqci voi face din el un neam mare.`` |
| Russian | ЧУФБОШ, РПДОЙНЙ ПФТПЛБ Й ЧПЪШНЙ ЕЗП ЪБ ТХЛХ, ЙВП с РТПЙЪЧЕДХ ПФ ОЕЗП ЧЕМЙЛЙК ОБТПД. |
| Swedish | Gå och lyft upp gossen, och tag honom vid handen; jag skall göra honom till ett stort folk." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "gym": gymkhana, gymkhanas, gymnasia, gymnasium, gymnasiums, gymnast, gymnastic, gymnastically, gymnastics, gymnasts, gymnosophist, gymnosophists, gymnosperm, gymnospermies, gymnospermous, gymnosperms, gymnospermy, gyms. (additional references) | |
Words containing "gym": bogyman, bogymen, boogyman, boogymen, clergyman, clergymen, shaggymane, shaggymanes. (additional references) | |
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"Gym" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bym, eym, Gdy, gfy, ghm, giam, gien, gigm, gih, gij, gik, gimb, gimc, Gimi, gimm, Gimo, gimu, giq, giyn, Glyme, Glyrm, gmi, gmo, Gmyge, gom, gomm, gpmu, gsm, guyn, gwm, Gwyl, gxm, gy, gya, gyb, gyd, gyf, gyme, gymn, gymp, Gyn, gyne, gyno, gynt, gyo, gyr, gys, gyt, jym, nymr, Pymm, yg, ygn, ym, ymm. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "gym" (pronounced ji"m) |
| 2 | -i" m | brim, Mim, prelim, prim, dim, grim, him, hymn, kibbutzim, limb, rim, shim, Sim, skim, slim, swim, trim, vim, whim. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-m-y" | |
-1 letter: my. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-m-y" | |
+1 letter: gamy, gyms. | |
+2 letters: gamay, gamey, gammy, gemmy, germy, gimpy, goyim, grimy, gummy, mangy, mingy, moggy, muggy, pigmy, pygmy. | |
+3 letters: bigamy, digamy, gamays, gamely, gamily, gleamy, gloomy, glumly, glumpy, gremmy, grimly, grumpy, gypsum, maguey, mangey, margay, maying, mighty, oogamy, smoggy, smudgy, smugly, zygoma. | |
+4 letters: apogamy, bogyism, bogyman, bogymen, cymling, exogamy, fogyism, gemmily, goombay, gramary, grimily, grumbly, grumphy, gymnast, gypsums, hymning, imagery, isogamy, kerygma, maggoty, magnify, magueys, mangaby, mangily, margays, mayings, muggily, myalgia, myalgic, myology, phlegmy, pygmean, pygmies, pygmoid, rhyming, syngamy, yeggman, yeggmen, zygomas, zymogen, zymurgy. | |
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