sit-up

See also: Sit-up, situp, and sit up

English

animation of sit-ups (partial-range version)

animation of sit-ups (full-range version)

Alternative forms

• situp

Etymology

Deverbal from sit up.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪt.ʌp/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

sit-up (plural sit-ups)

1. An exercise in which the abdominal muscles are contracted, bringing the torso of a person lying down to a more upright position. The degree of difficulty can be controlled by choosing from partial-range or full-range versions.

   Hypernym: exercise

   Coordinate terms: crunch (similar); chin-up, pull-up, push-up, press-up

   Susan's doing sit-ups to strengthen her muscles.

Translations

exercise in which the abdominal muscles are contracted

• Catalan: abdominals (ca) m pl
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 仰臥起坐 / 仰卧起坐 (joeng⁵ ngo⁶ hei² zo⁶)

  Hokkien: 䖙倒練腰 / 䖙倒练腰 (the-tó liān io)

  Mandarin: 仰臥起坐 / 仰卧起坐 (zh) (yǎngwò qǐzuò)

• Czech: sedoleh m, lehsed m
• Estonian: kõhulihas (et)
• Finnish: istumaannousu
• French: redressement assis m pl
• German: Rumpfbeuge (de) f, Rumpfbeugen (de) n, Rumpfheben n, Sit-up (de) m
• Hungarian: felülés
• Italian: addominali (it) m pl
• Japanese: 腹筋 (ja) (fukkin), シットアップ (ja) (shittoappu)
• Korean: 윗몸 일으키기 (winmom ireukigi)
• Lithuanian: pritūpimas m
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: brzuszki nvir
• Portuguese: abdominal (pt) m
• Romanian: abdomen (ro) n
• Russian: пресс (ru) m (press)
• Serbo-Croatian: trbušnjak (sh) m
• Slovene: trebušnjak m
• Spanish: abdominal (es) m
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can

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