jungle gym

noun

: a structure of vertical and horizontal bars for use by children at play

Examples of jungle gym in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Are there graves underneath the jungle gym where those kids are climbing? Christina Ray Stanton, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2024 Vast factories and processing plants slumped into the earth, stripped bare like knotted jungle gyms. Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024 These anthropologists’ work recently substantiated a hundred-plus-year-old proposal when the jungle gym and monkey bars were invented in 1902 and implemented in the progressive education system of the Chicago suburbs. Carly Miller, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024 The infamous jungle gym on which the birds ominously gathered before divebombing fleeing schoolchildren is gone. Also seen in the movie – and located right next to the schoolhouse – is the mid-19th century St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church. Dan Fellner, The Arizona Republic, 19 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for jungle gym 

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Word History

Etymology

from Junglegym, a trademark

First Known Use

1923, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of jungle gym was in 1923

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Cite this Entry

“Jungle gym.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jungle%20gym. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

jungle gym

noun
: a structure of upright and crosswise bars for use by children at play
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