gym

noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of gymnasium; especially, a school gymnasium.

   “It was pouring rain, so the kids played kickball in the gym instead of on the field.”

   “Gym is my favourite period in this school.”

   “I'm off to the gym for my pilates class.”

2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable)Clipping of gymnastics, often as sense 4.
3. (especially)A sports facility specialized for lifting weights, cardio machines, and other exercise (culturally differentiated from sense 1).

   “Near-synonyms: health club, sports club”

   “hit the gym”

   “He's been hitting the gym a lot. He has a membership at a commercial gym and also a bit of a home gym.”

   “Working out in commercial gyms, if anything, made my workouts worse instead of better.”

   “Pete, I want to work out. Where is the gym?”

4. Physical education class (PE class).

   “gym teacher”

   “gym class”

   “She has gym on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.”

   “They played basketball in gym last week.”

   “The gym teacher at our school makes us stretch before and after each class.”

verb

1. (Australia, India, South-Africa, intransitive)To go to the gym.

   “The only thing that can make you susceptible to this condition pre-marriage is crash dieting or mindless gymming and exercise.)”

   “I have tried everything from yoga to dancing to gymming, but I can't be consistent with anything. Actually, I'm okay without working out.”

   “So just like you go gymming for your body, go gymming with thoughts in order to have a healthier mind.”