Gym Rat (Noun)
Meaning
Someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- After a long day at work, the gym rat would head straight to the gym to lift weights.
- Over time, living with a gym rat had rubbed off on Sarah, and she found herself catching the fitness bug.
- He's such a gym rat that his friends barely see him anymore except for on social media, where he posts fitness selfies.
- His friends had given up trying to get him to go to the movies, knowing he'd rather be at the gym, being the ultimate gym rat.
- The gym rat spent all his free time running, lifting weights, or swimming at the local pool, never wanting to miss a workout.