muscled up

muscled up (comparative more muscled up, superlative most muscled up)

1. Having large, well-developed muscles.
   • 2001 Sept, “Good Hurlers are Born with Pitching Ability”, in Baseball Digest, 60(9): 74:

     "It's almost like guys who throw hard have to be born with a certain kind of body. They're tall and slender like Kevin Brown or Randy Johnson. They're strong, don't get me wrong, but they're not all muscled up."

   • 1983 (Jan 17), Julia Vitullo-Martin, "Back in the Saddle Again", New York Magazine 16(3): 51

     "We've got to get the guys muscled up first," explains Byrnes, "or somebody's back will go out when we canter."

   • 2005, Matt de la Peña, Ball Don't Lie, page 224:

     He slips the clean shirt over his muscled-up black shoulders. Takes his shoes and socks off and slides his feet into Nike sandals.

   • 2007, Jim Dent, Twelve Mighty Orphans, page 228:

     The crowd groaned when the muscled-up, raw-boned Paris boys stopped the Mites once more on fourth down, just inches from the goal.

   • 2008, Terrence Real, The New Rules of Marriage, page 35:

     Bob is short, bald, and muscled up, with a thick neck and huge biceps and thighs.

• muscled-up

muscled up

1. simple past and past participle of muscle up