obliques

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noun

Collectively, the abdominal muscles responsible for rotation of the trunk.

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Meanings

nounobliques pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyCollectively, the abdominal muscles responsible for rotation of the trunk.

    The good news. Three weeks into the programme I am rediscovering bits of my body I had forgotten existed; biceps, triceps, hamstrings and those funny muscles on the sides of the abdomen called obliques, the toning of which is supposed to eliminate the love handle.

    2017 November 16, Jo Ellison, “Help: the gym has turned us into slobs”, in Financial Times
noun
  1. pluralplural of oblique
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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