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workout

nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈwɜːk.aʊ̯t//
  • United States//ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t//

An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.

noun

  1. 1

    An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.

    The following guidelines for smart weekly scheduling can simplify this piece of the planning: Swim three or four workouts each week.

    Whether you need to recover from a stressful day, a strenuous workout or even an injury or surgery, restorative yoga may be just the thing for you.

    More extroverted people, for example, prefer high-intensity training sessions with others, such as team sports, while people who scored highly on “neuroticism,” a metric that measures someone’s emotional instability, preferred private workouts without people watching them and punctuated by short breaks.

  2. 2

    A schedule or program of specific exercises, especially one intended to achieve a particular goal.

    If athletes do too much too soon, they will be stiff and sore 24 to 48 hours after a new workout.

    I read in another magazine about a workout that can put a whole inch on your arms in just one day!

  3. 3

    Any activity that requires much physical or mental effort, or produces strain.

    Cynthia's phone got a workout, as well. In approximately three days since the news had hit the street, a total of five bridal showers had been booked, not to mention a luncheon at Esther Cunningham's and tea at Olivia Harper's.

    After the camera pans around and we welcome back a lot of familiar faces (Edmure Tully! Yara Greyjoy! Brienne!), the themes of opposition to fate, emotional appeals, and ethical duty get an even better workout.

Etymology

Deverbal from work out.

Forms

plural
workouts
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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