: 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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Summer programs for trapeze flyers and young aviators?
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Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
Carnival Midway’s cast of trapeze artists, aerialists, jugglers and clowns perform every hour on the half hour, starting at 1:30 p.m. (on weekends, the show kicks off at 11:30a.m.).
—Alex Schechter, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2025
The method also utilizes apparatuses like the Cadillac, chair, trapeze table, magic circle, foot and toe correctors, and ladder barrel, each of which has its own benefits and can be used in one-on-one sessions.
—Megan Falk, SELF, 5 Aug. 2025
So, when this trapeze artist reported to Wolff that her headaches could sometimes be relieved when her job required her to stand on her head, the researcher’s curiosity was piqued.
—Tom Zeller Jr.
july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
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Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
Carnival Midway’s cast of trapeze artists, aerialists, jugglers and clowns perform every hour on the half hour, starting at 1:30 p.m. (on weekends, the show kicks off at 11:30a.m.).
—Alex Schechter, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2025
The method also utilizes apparatuses like the Cadillac, chair, trapeze table, magic circle, foot and toe correctors, and ladder barrel, each of which has its own benefits and can be used in one-on-one sessions.
—Megan Falk, SELF, 5 Aug. 2025
So, when this trapeze artist reported to Wolff that her headaches could sometimes be relieved when her job required her to stand on her head, the researcher’s curiosity was piqued.
—Tom Zeller Jr.
july 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for trapeze
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“Trapeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trapeze. Accessed 9 Sep. 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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