noun. A weight consisting of a short bar with a metal ball or disk at each end that is lifted for muscular development and exercise.

noun. A stupid person; a dolt.

noun. In bacterial., a diplococcus: so called from its shape.

noun. One of a pair of weights, each consisting of two balls joined by a bar, intended to be swung in the hands for the sake of muscular exercise, made of iron, or for very light exercise of hard wood.

noun. An exercising weight, consisting of two spheres or spheroids, connected by a short bar for a handle; used (often in pairs) for gymnastic exercise.

noun. an ignorant or foolish person.

noun. A weight consisting of two disks or spheres attached to a short bar; used for exercise and weight training

noun. A stupid person

noun. an exercising weight; two spheres connected by a short bar that serves as a handle

noun. an ignorant or foolish person

"Northgate included a single department store, but the standard arrangement, called a dumbbell plan, had two department stores, one at each end of a pedestrian promenade."