biceps

bicepsnoun/ˈbaɪ.sɛps/

• 1

  anatomymedicinesciencesAny muscle having two heads.

  • The leg is bent by the action of the flexor muscles situated on the back of the thigh, the chief of these being called the biceps of the leg.
• 2

  Specifically, the biceps brachii, the flexor of the elbow.

  • The arm muscles are the show muscles of the physique. When someone asks to "see your muscles," they are most likely referring to your arms, and more specifically, your biceps.
• 3

  informalThe upper arm, especially the collective muscles of the upper arm.

  • Today, Stonewall's flexed biceps measure 18 inches around.
  • Biting her lip, she held his biceps for balance and waded farther.
• 4

  human-scienceslinguisticsphonologyA point in a metrical pattern that can be filled either with one long syllable (a longum) or two short syllables (two brevia).

  • Also it is advisable to distinguish this ( ˘ ˘ ) — ˘ ˘ — rhythm, where the princeps was probably shorter in duration than the biceps (as in the dactylic hexameter), from true (marching) anapaests, in which they were equal.
  • This means that in the metrical sequence[…] recited in ordinary speech rhythm, the princeps occupied a slightly shorter time than the biceps (5:6), and if a long syllable was used to fill the biceps it had to be dragged a little[…]