Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to muscle
Participle: muscled
Gerund: muscling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | muscle |
| you | muscle |
| he;she;it | muscles |
| we | muscle |
| you | muscle |
| they | muscle |
Perfect
| I | have muscled |
| you | have muscled |
| he;she;it | has muscled |
| we | have muscled |
| you | have muscled |
| they | have muscled |
Past
| I | muscled |
| you | muscled |
| he;she;it | muscled |
| we | muscled |
| you | muscled |
| they | muscled |
Pluperfect
| I | had muscled |
| you | had muscled |
| he;she;it | had muscled |
| we | had muscled |
| you | had muscled |
| they | had muscled |
Future
| I | will muscle |
| you | will muscle |
| he;she;it | will muscle |
| we | will muscle |
| you | will muscle |
| they | will muscle |
Future Perfect
| I | will have muscled |
| you | will have muscled |
| he;she;it | will have muscled |
| we | will have muscled |
| you | will have muscled |
| they | will have muscled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | muscle |
| you | muscle |
| he;she;it | muscle |
| we | muscle |
| you | muscle |
| they | muscle |
Perfect
| I | have muscled |
| you | have muscled |
| he;she;it | have muscled |
| we | have muscled |
| you | have muscled |
| they | have muscled |
Imperfect
| I | muscled |
| you | muscled |
| he;she;it | muscled |
| we | muscled |
| you | muscled |
| they | muscled |
Pluperfect
| I | had muscled |
| you | had muscled |
| he;she;it | had muscled |
| we | had muscled |
| you | had muscled |
| they | had muscled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would muscle |
| you | would muscle |
| he;she;it | would muscle |
| we | would muscle |
| you | would muscle |
| they | would muscle |
Perfect
| I | would have muscled |
| you | would have muscled |
| he;she;it | would have muscled |
| we | would have muscled |
| you | would have muscled |
| they | would have muscled |
Imperative
| you | muscle |
| we | Let's muscle |
| you | muscle |
Verbs conjugated like 'muscle'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'muscle'
buskle,
bustle,
hustle,
justle,
misle,
mistle,
mousle,
muckle,
muddle,
muffle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English muscle, muscule, muskylle, and in part from Middle French muscle, from Latin mūsculus (“a muscle”, literally “little mouse”) because of the mouselike appearance of some muscles, from mūs (“mouse”). Doublet of mussel. More at mouse.
Sample Sentences
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He muscled his way through the crowd.
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Hensel and Wilson hit a series of leg shots simultaneously as Christian muscles between them with Quinn right on his heels. [1988, Steve Holman, “Christian Conquers Columbus”, in Ironman, 47 (6): 28-34:]
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Nothing the Nebraskans ever again recorded managed to muscle more than minimal attention. [1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 236:]
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"Here!" I passed out stacks of money. T.C. hadn't had time to batch it up, so some of it was just laying loose in money bags and I passed all that shit out to Rome while Pimp muscled Miss Lady around. [2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 112:]
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She muscled through the ruins.