powerlifting

English

Etymology

From power +‎ lifting.

Noun

powerlifting (uncountable)

1. (sports) A strength sport, consisting of three events: the squat, the bench press, and the deadlift. The maximum weight lifted in each event is totalled for a final score.
   • 1988, Frederick C. Hatfield, “Powersource: Ties that bind”, in Ironman, 47 (6): 21:

     For the first several years of my exclusive career in powerlifting, I couldn't bench too well.

2. (disability sports) A strength parasport, consisting of a single-rep benchpress.

   Synonym: parapowerlifting

Related terms

• lift
• lifting
• parapowerlift
• parapowerlifter
• powerlift
• powerlifter

 

Translations

strength sport

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 健力, 力量舉／力量举

• Czech: silový trojboj (cs) m
• Dutch: powerlifting m
• Finnish: voimanosto (fi)
• French: force athlétique (fr) f, (Québec) dynamophilie (fr) f
• German: Kraftdreikampf (de) m
• Spanish: potencia (es) f, levantamiento de potencia m
• Swedish: styrkelyft n
• Ukrainian: пауерлі́фтинг m (pauerlíftynh), паверлі́фтинг m (paverlíftynh)

See also

• weightlifting