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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. 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. 2

    A gymnastics event using the parallel bars.

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barsnoun(sports) Any event in gymnastics using the bars.
monkey barsnounA row of bars, found on playgrounds, under which one hangs by the arms and crosses by brachiation (swinging between bars, legs dangling down).
spring barnounA device consisting of two bars linked by a spring, held and squeezed to exercise the upper body.
footbarnounA 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.
trapezenounA swinging horizontal bar suspended at each end by a rope, used by circus artists.
barringverbThe exclusion of someone; blackballing.
barbellnounA wide steel bar with premeasured weights affixed to either end, with the central span open for the hands of the weightlifter.
chinning barnounA 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 swingnounA large floor-mounted swing with bars instead of ropes, sometimes used in circus performances to make high acrobatic jumps.
j-barnounA 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.
tribarnounA flag consisting of three stripes.
barriernounA structure that bars passage.
barbell bar padnounSynonym of barbell pad.
barbell padnounA 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 padnounSynonym of barbell pad.

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