muscle

Nouns

  • (n) one of the contractile organs of the body musculus,
  • (n) animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells muscular tissue,
  • (n) a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard
    • the drug lord had his muscleman to protect him
    muscleman,
  • (n) authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way)
    • the senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign
  • (n) possessing muscular strength brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscularity, sinew,

Verbs

  • (v) make one's way by force
    • He muscled his way into the office

Synonyms

musculus muscular tissue muscleman brawn brawniness heftiness muscularity sinew

Words of close approximity

Musca Musci
muscat
muscle-bound musclebuilder muscle builder muscle-builder musclebuilding muscle building muscle cell muscle contraction muscle fiber muscle fibre muscle into muscleman muscle memory muscle relaxant muscle sense muscle spasm muscle system muscle tone