noun
trapeze
truh-PEEZ
noun
1
A horizontal bar hung by two ropes, swung and used for acrobatics, especially in a circus.
"The acrobat did a somersault on the trapeze high above the crowd."
How to Use Trapeze
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishThe swinging bar used by circus performers for aerial stunts.
Common pairings
flying trapeze
trapeze artist
Word Forms
trapezed past tense, trapezes plural, trapezes singular
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Etymology
From French trapèze, from Latin trapezium — a doublet of "trapezium."