parallel bars
plural noun
1
: a pair of usually wooden bars supported horizontally above the floor at the same height or at different heights usually by a common base and used in gymnastics
2
: an event in gymnastics competition in which even or uneven parallel bars are used
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Frederick Richard, left, competes on parallel bars at Winter Cup in Louisville, Ky., and for the United States, right, during the Olympic Games in Paris.
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Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2025
Both pieces of equipment have two parallel bars positioned slightly wider than waist-width apart.
—Katrina Carter, Verywell Health, 13 Feb. 2025
In men’s artistic gymnastics, the Olympic order is floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar (also known as high bar).
—Tess Demeyer, The Athletic, 25 July 2024
Pants and socks are required on four out of the six men’s gymnastics events (pommel horse, rings, parallel bars, and horizontal bar).
—Taylor Dutch, SELF, 1 Aug. 2024
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Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2025
Both pieces of equipment have two parallel bars positioned slightly wider than waist-width apart.
—Katrina Carter, Verywell Health, 13 Feb. 2025
In men’s artistic gymnastics, the Olympic order is floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars and horizontal bar (also known as high bar).
—Tess Demeyer, The Athletic, 25 July 2024
Pants and socks are required on four out of the six men’s gymnastics events (pommel horse, rings, parallel bars, and horizontal bar).
—Taylor Dutch, SELF, 1 Aug. 2024
See All Example Sentences for parallel bars
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“Parallel bars.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parallel%20bars. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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