monkey bars
plural noun
: a three-dimensional framework of horizontal and vertical bars from which children can hang and swing
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Splash your way around Obstacle Island; the inflatable floating playground has towers, monkey bars, slides, and more.
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2024
South of the complex, children played soccer on school fields while others swung on monkey bars.
—Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 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
Colbert wasted no time showing the audience a clip from Powell's Endurance episode, where a young Powell in a gray shirt talks about a challenge that appeared to involve monkey bars.
—Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2024
South of the complex, children played soccer on school fields while others swung on monkey bars.
—Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 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
Colbert wasted no time showing the audience a clip from Powell's Endurance episode, where a young Powell in a gray shirt talks about a challenge that appeared to involve monkey bars.
—Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024
See All Example Sentences for monkey bars
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“Monkey bars.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monkey%20bars. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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