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Parallel bars
A set of apparatus consisting of two horizontal bars at a small distance apart, used by male gymnasts, upon which acts of swinging and holding and jumping are performed.
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noun
- 1
A set of apparatus consisting of two horizontal bars at a small distance apart, used by male gymnasts, upon which acts of swinging and holding and jumping are performed.
- 2
A gymnastics event using the parallel bars.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Parallel bars"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| barsnoun | (sports) Any event in gymnastics using the bars. |
| monkey barsnoun | A row of bars, found on playgrounds, under which one hangs by the arms and crosses by brachiation (swinging between bars, legs dangling down). |
| spring barnoun | A device consisting of two bars linked by a spring, held and squeezed to exercise the upper body. |
| footbarnoun | A bar for supporting a person's foot, as in furniture or exercise machines. |
| barrenoun | (ballet) A handrail fixed to a wall used for ballet exercises. |
| trapezenoun | A swinging horizontal bar suspended at each end by a rope, used by circus artists. |
| barringverb | The exclusion of someone; blackballing. |
| barbellnoun | A wide steel bar with premeasured weights affixed to either end, with the central span open for the hands of the weightlifter. |
| chinning barnoun | A bar used for doing chin-ups or pull-ups (exercises in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar) |
| spreader barnoun | (BDSM) A rod with cuffs or rope on both ends that is used to hold a person's arms or legs a fixed distance apart. |
| batule | — |
| balance beamnoun | (gymnastics) A gymnastics apparatus, a narrow wooden rail used in artistic (athletic) gymnastics. |
| russian swingnoun | A large floor-mounted swing with bars instead of ropes, sometimes used in circus performances to make high acrobatic jumps. |
| j-barnoun | A J-shaped bar forming part of a ski lift; the rider holds the vertical portion while sitting or leaning on the lower horizontal portion. |
| crossbarnoun | (sports) The top of the goal structure. |
| tribarnoun | A flag consisting of three stripes. |
| barriernoun | A structure that bars passage. |
| barbell bar padnoun | Synonym of barbell pad. |
| barbell padnoun | A soft envelope designed to surround a barbell bar and spread out the pressure point on the body (otherwise present at squats and hip thrusts). |
| squat padnoun | Synonym of barbell pad. |
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