gym

noun

1. 1

   A sports facility specialized for lifting weights, cardio machines, and other exercise (culturally differentiated from sense 1).

   Near-synonyms: health club, sports club

   hit the gym

   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.

2. 2

   Physical education class (PE class).

   gym teacher

   gym class

   She has gym on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.

   They played basketball in gym last week.

3. 3

   Variant of gymnasiumClipping of gymnasium; especially, a school gymnasium.

   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.

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

4. 4

   Variant of gymnasticsClipping of gymnastics, often as sense 4.

verb

1. 1

   To go to the gym.

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

   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.

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

Forms

plural

gyms

past tense

gymed, gymmed

past participle

gymed, gymmed

present participle

gyming, gymming

third person singular

gyms