pythons

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UK/ˈpaɪ.θənz/US/ˈpaɪ.θɑnz/

noun

Large and well-developed muscles in the upper arm.

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bicepsguns
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Meanings

pythons1

noun
  1. pluralplural of python

pythons2

nounpythons pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyslangbodybuildingLarge and well-developed muscles in the upper arm.

    I read in another magazine about a workout that can put a whole inch on your arms in just one day! Obviously that sounds awesome, because my guns are only 15 inches. I figure I could do this workout every couple months and within a year, I will have the big 20-inch pythons!

    2010, Mark Alvisi (quote from a reader), "Mark of a Champion", Muscular Development 47(1): 350

    Synonyms: biceps, guns

Pythons3

noun
  1. pluralplural of Python

Synonyms & antonyms

nounLarge and well-developed muscles in the upper arm.

Similar
bicepsguns
Also see
bicepsguns

Origin

pythons · noun

From inflection of python.

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pythons · noun

Apparently originating from an analogy between the distention of the arm muscles and the distended belly of a python that has swallowed a large animal.

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Cite this entry
APA

pythons. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pythons

MLA

“pythons.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pythons. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pythons,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pythons.

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