Noun Definition

muscle

1.Definition: a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard

"The drug lord had his muscleman to protect him"

Related Noun(s):muscleman

Category: People

2.Definition: animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells

Category: General

3.Definition: authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way)

"The senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign"

Category: General

4.Definition: one of the contractile organs of the body

Related Noun(s):musculus

Category: General

5.Definition: possessing muscular strength

Related Noun(s):brawn, brawniness, heftiness, muscularity, sinew

Category: General