12-ounce curls

noun

The activity of drinking beer.

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Meanings

noun12-ounce curls pl (plural only)

alternative twelve-ounce curls

  1. idiomaticpluralplural onlyThe activity of drinking beer.

    Don't burn out your biceps with 12-ounce curls.

    2006 June, Scott Quill, “Muscle Bulletin: Pass the Bar”, in Men's Health, →ISSN

Origin

From the size of common beer containers (bottles and cans) in the United States: 12 ounces + curls, a weightlifting exercise. The notion is of lifting a can of beer to one's lips repeatedly.

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APA

12-ounce curls. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/12-ounce%20curls

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“12-ounce curls.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/12-ounce%20curls. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “12-ounce curls,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/12-ounce%20curls.

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