gym rat

1. 1.

   someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa

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Questions about gym rat

What does gym rat mean?

gym rat means "someone who spends all leisure time playing sports or working out in a gymnasium or health spa".

Is gym rat a common word?

gym rat is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.