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trapeze

trapeze

20 6.5
A bar hanging by two ropes that acrobats swing from in a circus
  • noun
  • /trəˈpiːz/
: trapecio
  • The troupe is known for its unique acts such as juggling, trapeze work, contortion, and balancing.

I was hanging there was trapeze there, by the way.

Examples

  • Uncle Morris had tied branches for us and a trapeze bar from an old swing set.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Do you know why trapeze artists are able to perform such death-defying tricks?

    R.L. Stine's Monsterville: The Cabinet of Souls (2015)

  • Start a trapeze act, or something.

    The Loft (2014)

  • The man on the flying trapeze.

    The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)

  • Anita took a huge breath, grabbed the bar of her trapeze, and launched herself into space.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The boys, abandoning Scalectrix, had gone to play in Hamish's tree-house and swing on his trapeze.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Anita took a huge breath, grabbed the bar of her trapeze, and launched herself into space.

  • People come up here to swing on the trapeze... 85 feet above the ground.

  • The most popular program is the flying trapeze, which is what I decided to try.

Surface Forms

trapeze singular
trapezes plural

Etymology

Trapeze comes from a French word for a four-sided shape and is linked to the Greek trapeza, which means 'table' and comes from 'four'. The bar and its ropes make a simple four-sided shape, so trapeze is the name for the swinging bar acrobats use.