biceps

CEFRC1

/ˈbaɪ.sɛps/

noun

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In plain English

01
noun
any skeletal muscle having two origins (but especially the muscle that flexes the forearm).
02
noun
Extra detail
Specifically, the biceps brachii, the flexor of the elbow.

Examples

He gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies.
The hamstring muscles include the biceps femoris, the semitendinosus and the semimembranosus.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Deep Dive

Extra meanings

The upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm.
Any muscle having two heads.
A point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (two brevia).

In context

When men go to the gym it seems they really work their biceps.
The arm muscles are the show muscles of the physique. When someone asks to "see your muscles," they are most likely referring to your arms, and more specifically, your biceps.
The leg is bent by the action of the flexor muscles situated on the back of the thigh, the chief of these being called the biceps of the leg.

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The word in print, with each source given in full.

The leg is bent by the action of the flexor muscles situated on the back of the thigh, the chief of these being called the biceps of the leg.
1901, Michael Foster, Lewis E. Shore, Physiology for Beginners, page 73
The arm muscles are the show muscles of the physique. When someone asks to "see your muscles," they are most likely referring to your arms, and more specifically, your biceps.
1996, Robert Kennedy, Dwayne Hines II, Animal Arms, page 21
Also it is advisable to distinguish this ( ˘ ˘ ) — ˘ ˘ — rhythm, where the princeps was probably shorter in duration than the biceps (as in the dactylic hexameter), from true (marching) anapaests, in which they were equal.
1987, Martin Litchfield West, Introduction to Greek Metre
This means that in the metrical sequence[…] recited in ordinary speech rhythm, the princeps occupied a slightly shorter time than the biceps (5:6), and if a long syllable was used to fill the biceps it had to be dragged a little[…]
2000, James I. Porter, Nietzsche and the Philology of the Future, page 347
Today, Stonewall's flexed biceps measure 18 inches around.
1964 Dec, “Muscles are His Business”, in Ebony, volume 20, number 2, page 147

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Derived from Latin biceps (“double-headed, two-peaked”), from bis (“twice”) + -ceps (“headed”).