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heavily muscled

English translation: powerful, large

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English term or phrase:heavily muscled
Selected answer:powerful, large
Entered by: Anna Maria Augustine (X)

17:39 Aug 15, 2006
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Other
English term or phrase: heavily muscled
Fable and Anna frpze for a moment as the heavily muscled racing bike loomed towards them.
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powerful, large
Explanation:
Silly description for a bike
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Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Local time: 14:59
Grading comment
thank you very much indeed
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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5 +14powerful, large
Anna Maria Augustine (X)


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +14
powerful, large


Explanation:
Silly description for a bike

Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
Local time: 14:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 35
Grading comment
thank you very much indeed

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Knowles: It's a large bike, presumably needing someone with strong muscles to move and control it. I'm sure there's a Greek term for this transfer of attributes!
6 mins

agree  Edith Kelly
10 mins

agree  jccantrell: Kind of like the "muscle cars" of the 60s, 458 cu. in engines and low weight.
11 mins

agree  Woodstock (X)
33 mins

agree  Will Matter
1 hr

agree  Caryl Swift
1 hr

agree  Natalia Koltsova
2 hrs

agree  NancyLynn
4 hrs

agree  Uma Hariharan
10 hrs

agree  Olga B
10 hrs

neutral  Ioanna Karamanou: Could it perhaps though mean instead that the person commandeering the bike is the one who is heavily muscled, i.e. they are riding it powerfully and it is barrelling towards them?
12 hrs

agree  Alison Jenner
14 hrs

agree  Jörgen Slet: powerful, large
18 hrs

agree  anastasia t (X)
22 hrs

agree  Alfa Trans (X)
1 day 1 hr
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