cut
adj.— «Steroids changed Taylor’s personality as well as his body. In a matter of months, he developed a muscular 205-pound physique—”cut” in the teenaged parlance.» —“Family blames steroids for death” by Bob Dart Indianapolis Star (Ind.) Mar. 18, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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