: a gymnastic or acrobatic apparatus consisting of a short horizontal bar suspended by two parallel ropes
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performing tricks on the trapeze
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Clowns, trapeze artists and jugglers are on the agenda.
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Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
The park also includes other attractions such as a mini cart track, zip line, swing, a basketball court, trapeze and multi-level playground.
—Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 28 Dec. 2024
Giving Back: This company of creatives includes screenwriters, an architect, a trapeze artist, a motorcycle land speed record-holder, a former Miss Indiana, a DJ, an all-American fencer, and an Arthur Murray dance instructor.
—Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014
Once the bed was made, Campbell easily got in bed by herself for the first time in a long time, using the trapeze bar.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 13 Dec. 2024
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Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
The park also includes other attractions such as a mini cart track, zip line, swing, a basketball court, trapeze and multi-level playground.
—Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 28 Dec. 2024
Giving Back: This company of creatives includes screenwriters, an architect, a trapeze artist, a motorcycle land speed record-holder, a former Miss Indiana, a DJ, an all-American fencer, and an Arthur Murray dance instructor.
—Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014
Once the bed was made, Campbell easily got in bed by herself for the first time in a long time, using the trapeze bar.
—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Trapeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trapeze. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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trapeze
noun
tra·peze
tra-ˈpēz 
: a gymnastic or acrobatic device consisting of a short horizontal bar hung from two parallel ropes
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