washboard abs

washboard abs

Very strong, well-defined abdominal muscles. The term alludes to the ridges and rigidity of washboards, which were commonly used when washing clothes and linens by hand. I know it's superficial and petty, but I am a sucker for a guy with washboard abs. I had a chubby gut for most of my life, but after a lot of hard work, I finally have the washboard abs I've always wanted.
See also: ABS
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

washboard abs

n. heavily marked abdominal muscles, divided into six equal sections. If I work out hard enough I can build those washboard abs.
See also: ABS
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • binge-watch
  • cat's paw, (be made) a
  • carrot and the stick, the
  • smoke the peace pipe (with someone)
  • burned out, to be
  • bats in one's belfry, to have
  • What was (one) smoking?
  • drum (something) into one's head, to
  • a back number
  • back number
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Riding the coattails of Calvin Klein's Marky Mark boxer-brief campaign in 1991, Abercrombie turned washboard abs into its very own branding tool.
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