Olympic

adjective

1. 1

   Of or pertaining to the Olympic Games.

   Olympic torch

   Olympic champion

   Olympic medal

   Olympic qualifiers

2. 2

   Of or pertaining to the Olympic Games. Of a standard associated with the Olympic Games.

   Olympic swimming pool

   I have heard it said that the young Chamber of Commerce have put on their future programme the project of building an Olympic swimming pool.

   A neighbouring training regiment built an Olympic running track in their camp because the already great runner National Serviceman 2nd Lieutenant (later the Honorable Sir) Christopher Chattaway had been posted there.

3. 3

   informalVery large or powerful.

   Sid's stomach was practicing gagging motions for an eruption of absolutely Olympic proportions with his cheeks puffing quickly in and out to the beat.

   That bed was Olympic, and held some of Julia's best-worst memories.

4. 4

   rareOf or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods.

5. 5

   rareDetached or liberated from petty concerns; godlike.

   According to the late Dr. Otis T. Mason, who was my informant on this subject, he left as a memory of his visit a reputation for mental detachment that was Olympic in its character.

   The little paper contained none of the customary lampoons on Bloods and Masters. It was Olympic in its aloofness from school politics.

   This is the talk of an Olympic man, experiencing cosmic liberation. He enjoys life, first, as the very act of living, pure, immanent life as such-and thus enjoys his own self as a concrete and this-worldly being.

6. 6

   rareOf or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia.

noun

1. 1

   slangFive consecutive ducks.

Forms

plural

Olympics