gym

plural gyms

1. abbreviationclippingClipping of gymnasium; especially, a school gymnasium.

   I'm off to the gym for my pilates class.

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   It was pouring rain, so the kids played kickball in the gym instead of on the field.

   Gym is my favourite period in this school.

2. abbreviationclippinguncountableClipping of gymnastics, often as sense 4.
3. especiallyhobbiesA sports facility specialized for lifting weights, cardio machines, and other exercise (culturally differentiated from sense 1).

   hit the gym

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   Near-synonyms: health club, sports club

   He's been hitting the gym a lot. He has a membership at a commercial gym and also a bit of a home gym.

   Working out in commercial gyms, if anything, made my workouts worse instead of better.

   2008, Lou Schuler, “Foreward”, in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii

   Pete, I want to work out. Where is the gym?

   2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

   Synonyms: fitness center, health club, sports club

4. Physical education class (PE class).

   gym class

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   gym teacher

   She has gym on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.

   They played basketball in gym last week.

   The gym teacher at our school makes us stretch before and after each class.

present singular third person gyms · participle present gyming · participle present gymming · participle past gymed · past gymed · participle past gymmed · past gymmed

1. AustraliaIndiaSouth AfricaintransitiveTo go to the gym.

   So just like you go gymming for your body, go gymming with thoughts in order to have a healthier mind.

   2021, Sandeep Dahiya, Lazy Ways To Truth, page 30

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   The only thing that can make you susceptible to this condition pre-marriage is crash dieting or mindless gymming and exercise.)

   2011, Rujuta Diwekar, Women and the weight loss tamasha

   I have tried everything from yoga to dancing to gymming, but I can't be consistent with anything. Actually, I'm okay without working out.

   2013, Neeta Iyer, Find_Love.com