Citations:biceps

Noun: any muscle having two heads

 * 1901, Michael Foster & Lewis E. Shore, Physiology for Beginners, page 73
 * The leg is bent by the action of the flexor muscles situated on the back of the thigh, the chief of these being called the biceps of the leg.
 * 2010, Adam Garett, "Fried Hams", Reps! 17:23
 * Those who include just leg-curl movements will surely miss out on full leg biceps development, not to mention the functional strength that powerful hamstrings can provide.

Noun: the biceps brachii

 * 1905, W. W. Jacobs, "The Boatswain's Mate", The Strand Magazine, page 146
 * The soldier reached out a hand and felt the other's biceps. "Like a lump o' wood," he said, approvingly.
 * 1996, Robert Kennedy & Dwayne Hines II, Animal Arms, page 21
 * The arm muscles are the show muscles of the physique. When someone asks to "see your muscles," they are most likely referring to your arms, and more specifically, your biceps.
 * 2008, Joseph Lee Klapper, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Boosting Your Metabolism, page 119
 * When curling the weight, bring the barbell up toward the chin, then return it to its starting position. Keep your elbows and upper arms as immobile as possible to isolate the biceps.

Noun: the upper arm, especially the collective muscles

 * 1996, R. Bracht Branham & Daniel Kinney (editors and translators), Satyrica: [by] Petronius, section 32, pages 28-29
 * But his display of wealth didn't stop there; he exposed his right biceps, which was adorned with a golden armlet and a bangle of ivory fastened by a bright metal clasp.
 * 1997, Jean Kimball, Odyssey of the Psyche: Jungian Patterns in Joyce's Ulysses, chapter 4, page 70
 * When Bloom starts Sandow's exercises, his biceps measure nine inches and his forearm eight and one-half inches, only half an inch smaller than the biceps.
 * 2005, Lisa Plumley, Once Upon a Christmas, page 144
 * Biting her lip, she held his biceps for balance and waded farther.
 * Biting her lip, she held his biceps for balance and waded farther.

Noun: (prosody) a point in a metrical pattern

 * 1987, Martin Litchfield West, Introduction to Greek Metre
 * Also it is advisable to distinguish this ( ˘ ˘ ) — ˘ ˘ — rhythm, where the princeps was probably shorter in duration than the biceps (as in the dactylic hexameter), from true (marching) anapaests, in which they were equal.
 * 2000, James I. Porter, Nietzsche and the Philology of the Future, page 347
 * This means that in the metrical sequence recited in ordinary speech rhythm, the princeps occupied a slightly shorter time than the biceps (5:6), and if a long syllable was used to fill the biceps it had to be dragged a little

Noun: the biceps brachii

 * 2007, C. A. Bastiaanssen, Anatomie en Fysiologie, page 387
 * De biceps en de triceps zijn elkaars antagonisten.
 * The biceps and the triceps are each other's antagonist.
 * 2013 (Feb.), Shawn Perine, "Ronnie Coleman: Biceps", Muscle & Fitness [Dutch edition], page 20
 * Coleman traint biceps twee keer per week, direct na rug.
 * Coleman trained biceps twice weekly, right after back.

Noun: the biceps brachii

 * 1978, Freddy Buache, Cinéma Anglais, page 154
 * Mais Bronson se définit uniquement par son physique (biceps, démarche souple) et non par la densité de sa présence ce qui limite ses possibilités d'emploi.
 * But Bronson is defined only by his physique (biceps, supple gait) and not by the density of his presence which limits his employment possibilities.

Adjective: double-headed

 * 8 CE, Publius Ovidius Naso, Fasti Liber I, linea 65
 * Iane biceps, anni tacite labentis origo
 * Two-headed Janus, source of the quietly passing year

Adjective: of swords, double-edged

 * acuta quasi gladius biceps
 * as sharp as a two-edged sword
 * as sharp as a two-edged sword