pecn.

Brit.

/pɛk/, U.S.

/pɛk/

Forms: 1900s– pec, 1900s– peck.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: pectoral n.

Etymology: Shortened < pectoral n. Compare earlier lat n.⁴ and later ab n.²

slang (originally Bodybuilding).

A pectoral muscle. Usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > vertebral or costal region

saw-muscle1615

subclavian muscle1615

subclavius1615

latissimus dorsi1616

pectoralis1618

intercostal1681

pectoral1702

pectoralis major1733

pectoralis minor1734

serratus1827

lat1939

pec1949

pect1963

1949 Health & Strength 25 Aug. 11/2 There are many good exercises for developing the pecs.

1966 L. Cohen Beautiful Losers (1970) ii. 159 I saw you with massive lower pecs and horseshoe triceps, with bulk and definition simultaneously.

1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 27 May b1 Lisa Lyon works out with weights 2 1/2 hours per day..but..her pecs and her lats aren't the size of Utah.

2000 W. Cleary Selving v. 42 Young men take steroids and pump iron for hours a day to chisel their pecs and abs.

Compounds

pec deck n. (also pec dec) colloquial (originally U.S.) a machine for exercising the pectoral muscles; (also) an exercise associated with this machine.

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1983 Atlantic (Nexis) Oct. 89 A..woman..pumped a chrome machine known as a pec-deck.

1989 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 1 Apr. 75 ‘I just do shape work now,’ he said, after doing a series of cable cross-overs and ‘pec-decs’ which would destroy your average Test front rower.

2003 Muscle & Fitness Jan. 41/1 Sit facing the seat in the pec-deck machine. With your upper arms parallel to the floor, pull backward as far as possible with your elbows/upper arms.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pec
释义	pecn. Brit. /pɛk/, U.S. /pɛk/ Forms: 1900s– pec, 1900s– peck. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: pectoral n. Etymology: Shortened < pectoral n. Compare earlier lat n.⁴ and later ab n.² slang (originally Bodybuilding). A pectoral muscle. Usually in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > muscles of specific parts > [noun] > vertebral or costal region saw-muscle1615 subclavian muscle1615 subclavius1615 latissimus dorsi1616 pectoralis1618 intercostal1681 pectoral1702 pectoralis major1733 pectoralis minor1734 serratus1827 lat1939 pec1949 pect1963 1949 Health & Strength 25 Aug. 11/2 There are many good exercises for developing the pecs. 1966 L. Cohen Beautiful Losers (1970) ii. 159 I saw you with massive lower pecs and horseshoe triceps, with bulk and definition simultaneously. 1981 Washington Post (Nexis) 27 May b1 Lisa Lyon works out with weights 2 1/2 hours per day..but..her pecs and her lats aren't the size of Utah. 2000 W. Cleary Selving v. 42 Young men take steroids and pump iron for hours a day to chisel their pecs and abs. Compounds pec deck n. (also pec dec) colloquial (originally U.S.) a machine for exercising the pectoral muscles; (also) an exercise associated with this machine. ΚΠ 1983 Atlantic (Nexis) Oct. 89 A..woman..pumped a chrome machine known as a pec-deck. 1989 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 1 Apr. 75 ‘I just do shape work now,’ he said, after doing a series of cable cross-overs and ‘pec-decs’ which would destroy your average Test front rower. 2003 Muscle & Fitness Jan. 41/1 Sit facing the seat in the pec-deck machine. With your upper arms parallel to the floor, pull backward as far as possible with your elbows/upper arms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1949
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