trapeze

noun

tra·peze tra-ˈpēz

also trə-

: a gymnastic or acrobatic apparatus consisting of a short horizontal bar suspended by two parallel ropes

Examples of trapeze in a Sentence

performing tricks on the trapeze

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Arms extended above his shoulders, Phillips grips one of the bars of the Cadillac — a trapeze table and to some a medieval torture-like bench overflowing with springs and straps hanging from a steel canopy. —

Charlotte Carroll, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024 There were also column dresses and trapeze gowns made with jacquard fabrics with bold geometric motifs and Lurex threads. —

Luisa Zargani, WWD, 24 Sep. 2024 Alex mating with an Italian trapeze jaguar is only the tip of the weird-joke iceberg. 15. —

Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024 The amiable Yerkes, who started out in the circus and was a skilled trapeze aerialist and tightrope walker, also plummeted from a helicopter through a roof in Breakout (1975), starring Charles Bronson. —

Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for trapeze