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[ tra-peez or, especially British, truh- ] / træˈpiz or, especially British, trə- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR trapeze ON THESAURUS.COM
nounan apparatus, used in gymnastics and acrobatics, consisting of a short horizontal bar attached to the ends of two suspended ropes. (on a small sailboat) a device by which a crew member can be suspended almost completely outboard while hiking. Origin of trapeze1860–65; <French, special use of trapèzetrapezium Words nearby trapezetrap cut, trapdoor, trapdoor function, trap-door spider, trapes, trapeze, trapeze artist, trapezial, trapeziform, trapezium, trapezius Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for trapezeFreed from her guitar, but wearing counterintuitive pumps, she leaned back like a trapeze artist. Is Bigger Better for St. Vincent?|David Yaffe|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST Trapeze artists and those shot out of cannonballs would fall to their death. We’re All Carnies Now: Why We Can’t Quit the Circus|Anthony Paletta|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST For a hot minute, we had Mayor Bloomberg in a trapeze, but we lost him. Oscars Host Neil Patrick Harris on His Best and Worst Emcee Moments (VIDEO)|Neil Patrick Harris|October 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST Trapeze tragedy The St. Louis Trapeze Incident occurred in 1872. Thrills and Too Many Spills: The Dangers of the Circus|Marina Watts|May 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Whether he is insinuating himself into a juggling routine or flubbing a trapeze act, he clearly has those skills in his toolkit. Giovanni Zoppé’s Real-Life Family Circus|Malcolm Jones|October 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST If Ruth had had any doubts about the trapeze artist and her father, she was at once disarmed when Barnabetta came down to dinner. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find|Grace Brooks Hill But he was bound to relieve his feelings somehow, and the trapeze was just what he wanted. Tom, Dick and Harry|Talbot Baines Reed The wish to conquer increasing difficulties has raised the equilibrists from the slack wire to the trapeze. Acrobats and Mountebanks|Hugues Le Roux This time he was to give a performance on the trapeze, and he ran up the ladder as easily as a monkey, cracking out many jokes. A Fortunate Term|Angela Brazil Trapeze performers usually ascend to their rigging on a net webbing, hand over hand sailor fashion. Watch Yourself Go By|Al. G. Field
British Dictionary definitions for trapeze
nouna free-swinging bar attached to two ropes, used by circus acrobats, etc a sling like a bosun's chair at one end of a line attached to the masthead of a light racing sailing boat, used in sitting out Word Origin for trapezeC19: from French trapèze, from New Latin; see trapezium Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to trapezevaulting, workout, horse, tumbling, calisthenics, aerobatics, bars, gym, trampoline, rings, floor exercise, balance beam, body-building |