Trapeze
noun
A horizontal bar hanging by two ropes, used by acrobats in a circus to perform various tricks.
The trapeze artist swung fearlessly from one trapeze to another.
Often appears as...
- trapeze artist
- swing on a trapeze
noun
A piece of equipment used in gymnastics, which consists of a short horizontal bar to be grasped by the hands for performing exercises.
She skillfully performed the routine on the trapeze.
Often appears as...
- trapeze routine
- trapeze in gymnastics
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Sports
noun
A small sail, usually triangular, hung over the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail or the leech of the jib in a cutter.
The trapeze was unfurled to catch the wind.
Often appears as...
- trapeze sail
- unfurl the trapeze
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Nautical
noun
In bicycles, a trapeze is a framework which supports the saddle.
He made sure the trapeze was secure before beginning his bike journey.
Often appears as...
- bike trapeze
- secure the trapeze
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Technical
noun
A horizontal bar hanging by two ropes, used by acrobats in a circus to perform various tricks.
The trapeze artist swung fearlessly from one trapeze to another.
Often appears as...
- trapeze artist
- swing on a trapeze
noun
A piece of equipment used in gymnastics, which consists of a short horizontal bar to be grasped by the hands for performing exercises.
She skillfully performed the routine on the trapeze.
Often appears as...
- trapeze routine
- trapeze in gymnastics
Usage tips
Sports
noun
A small sail, usually triangular, hung over the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail or the leech of the jib in a cutter.
The trapeze was unfurled to catch the wind.
Often appears as...
- trapeze sail
- unfurl the trapeze
Usage tips
Nautical
noun
In bicycles, a trapeze is a framework which supports the saddle.
He made sure the trapeze was secure before beginning his bike journey.
Often appears as...
- bike trapeze
- secure the trapeze
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Acrobatic Equipment
The word 'trapeze' in a circus context usually involves spectacular acrobatic stunts.
He aspired to master the trapeze like seasoned circus performers.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Measures
Trapeze acts in the circus are performed with safety nets or harnesses due to dangerous heights.
A safety net stretched below as the trapeze artists practiced their routines.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Icon
Trapeze performances are iconic in the circus world, evoking wonder and danger.
The flying trapeze act was the highlight of the night at the circus.
Pro Tip 1/3Acrobatic Equipment
The word 'trapeze' in a circus context usually involves spectacular acrobatic stunts.
He aspired to master the trapeze like seasoned circus performers.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Measures
Trapeze acts in the circus are performed with safety nets or harnesses due to dangerous heights.
A safety net stretched below as the trapeze artists practiced their routines.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Icon
Trapeze performances are iconic in the circus world, evoking wonder and danger.
The flying trapeze act was the highlight of the night at the circus.
Pro Tip 1/3Acrobatic Equipment
The word 'trapeze' in a circus context usually involves spectacular acrobatic stunts.
He aspired to master the trapeze like seasoned circus performers.
Pro Tip 2/3Safety Measures
Trapeze acts in the circus are performed with safety nets or harnesses due to dangerous heights.
A safety net stretched below as the trapeze artists practiced their routines.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Icon
Trapeze performances are iconic in the circus world, evoking wonder and danger.
The flying trapeze act was the highlight of the night at the circus.
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Emily Ainsworth: Inside...
scrubbed off their painted blushes and I'm going to introduce you to their lives but before I do that I must tell you why I joined the circus in the first place because when I was young I wanted to be a trapeze artist but when we are little we are wiser than we will ever be as adults
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Richard Preston:...
He climbed up a small tree next to this giant Redwood, and then he leaped through space and grabbed a branch with his hands, and ended up hanging, like catching a bar of a trapeze. And then, from there, he climbed directly up the bark until he got to the top of the tree.
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Safari Live - Day 261 PIPE...
a leaf the inner part of the year and you see the gray on the legs which makes them look very unique and like all the other antelopes the Sesame's have more uniformity on the colors like the trapeze because you can see the dark brown the light brown and they are the
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Safari Live - Day 210 PIPE...
gazelles the harvest and the Fosters I would say antelopes we got around here so many times you see the a twist together with a trapeze and strange just to see him alone there eating you might see one top like that but Joanne look at the harvest in
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An aerialist on...
The more I help teenagers understand sexual consent, the more I realize learning aerial can help us navigate life on the ground. So let me explain what I mean by teaching consent through circus. Let's imagine it's your first time on a trapeze.
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It Was Med School or the...
teach the psychological state but you can absolutely teach tightwire walking anyone can walk a tight wire and when did this begin in your life when I was in high school I want a vacation and they had a flying trapeze sir and when I
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Why haven’t we cured...
While regaling you with daring stories from her youth, it might be hard to believe your grandmother used to be a trapeze artist. However, the bad backs, elbow pain, and creaky knees so common in older people
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Circus Performer PIPE Great...
pound man it's probably pretty unlikely the target doesn't work the trapeze but could he still be a strong man oh let you be the base so you can feel what it feels like to hold that weight in your
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Climbing: Safety Third PIPE...
instruction booklet on how to set these things up so all of this creates a challenge that pushed it into a realm that we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into a trapeze man would take
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Safari Live - Day 352 PIPE...
once the grass is burnt it's intense our cylinder is come fresh grass shoots up and it tends to attract a lot of game and you know zebras trapeze buffalos in that particular area
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Emily Ainsworth: Inside...
scrubbed off their painted blushes and I'm going to introduce you to their lives but before I do that I must tell you why I joined the circus in the first place because when I was young I wanted to be a trapeze artist but when we are little we are wiser than we will ever be as adults
Video examples
Richard Preston:...
He climbed up a small tree next to this giant Redwood, and then he leaped through space and grabbed a branch with his hands, and ended up hanging, like catching a bar of a trapeze. And then, from there, he climbed directly up the bark until he got to the top of the tree.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 261 PIPE...
a leaf the inner part of the year and you see the gray on the legs which makes them look very unique and like all the other antelopes the Sesame's have more uniformity on the colors like the trapeze because you can see the dark brown the light brown and they are the
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 210 PIPE...
gazelles the harvest and the Fosters I would say antelopes we got around here so many times you see the a twist together with a trapeze and strange just to see him alone there eating you might see one top like that but Joanne look at the harvest in
Video examples
An aerialist on...
The more I help teenagers understand sexual consent, the more I realize learning aerial can help us navigate life on the ground. So let me explain what I mean by teaching consent through circus. Let's imagine it's your first time on a trapeze.
Video examples
It Was Med School or the...
teach the psychological state but you can absolutely teach tightwire walking anyone can walk a tight wire and when did this begin in your life when I was in high school I want a vacation and they had a flying trapeze sir and when I
Video examples
Why haven’t we cured...
While regaling you with daring stories from her youth, it might be hard to believe your grandmother used to be a trapeze artist. However, the bad backs, elbow pain, and creaky knees so common in older people
Video examples
Circus Performer PIPE Great...
pound man it's probably pretty unlikely the target doesn't work the trapeze but could he still be a strong man oh let you be the base so you can feel what it feels like to hold that weight in your
Video examples
Climbing: Safety Third PIPE...
instruction booklet on how to set these things up so all of this creates a challenge that pushed it into a realm that we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into a trapeze man would take
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 352 PIPE...
once the grass is burnt it's intense our cylinder is come fresh grass shoots up and it tends to attract a lot of game and you know zebras trapeze buffalos in that particular area
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Stephen Colbert
American Comedian
The trouble with the jokes is that once they're written, I know how they're supposed to work, and all I can do is not hit them. I'm more comfortable improvising. If I have just two or three ideas and I know how the character feels, what the character wants, everything in between is like trapeze work.
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Drew Houston
American Businessman
Our users are trapeze artists, high school football coaches - I got cornered by a couple of theoretical physicists who said Dropbox lets them collaborate across the world and share their experiments' results. They were raving about how it's driving their research.
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Preston Sturges
American Writer
The hook is a word or an idea spoken by one character which gives the next character something to hook onto when he responds or, like a trapeze artist, gives him something to swing from on his way to another point of view.
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Neon Hitch
British Musician
I grew up in a bus, traveled with various circuses and freak shows. I was a trapeze artist, and that was my dream. We just traveled the whole world, me and my mom and my little brothers and sisters. It was an adventure.
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Celia Imrie
British Actress
Living as an actor is rather like living life on the trapezes in a circus. Every time you jump on, you have to pray that, when the time comes for you to jump off, there is another trapeze swinging your way.
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Natalia Tena
American Actress
I have three things I really, really want to do. I want to do aerial trapeze, I want to do martial arts, and I want to learn Russian. And, because of my life, I'm not able to do any of these.
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Orson Welles
American Actor
The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium, you do it.
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Neil Patrick Harris
American Actor
I've been taking a trapeze class for the last couple of years. I'm working on my double back flip right now.
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Keala Settle
American Actress
I never got to see the circus... I was always in love with being a trapeze artist, though.
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Bridget Marquardt
Trapeze is a great workout. It got me in the best shape in my life.
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Stephen Colbert
American Comedian
The trouble with the jokes is that once they're written, I know how they're supposed to work, and all I can do is not hit them. I'm more comfortable improvising. If I have just two or three ideas and I know how the character feels, what the character wants, everything in between is like trapeze work.
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Drew Houston
American Businessman
Our users are trapeze artists, high school football coaches - I got cornered by a couple of theoretical physicists who said Dropbox lets them collaborate across the world and share their experiments' results. They were raving about how it's driving their research.
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Preston Sturges
American Writer
The hook is a word or an idea spoken by one character which gives the next character something to hook onto when he responds or, like a trapeze artist, gives him something to swing from on his way to another point of view.
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Neon Hitch
British Musician
I grew up in a bus, traveled with various circuses and freak shows. I was a trapeze artist, and that was my dream. We just traveled the whole world, me and my mom and my little brothers and sisters. It was an adventure.
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Celia Imrie
British Actress
Living as an actor is rather like living life on the trapezes in a circus. Every time you jump on, you have to pray that, when the time comes for you to jump off, there is another trapeze swinging your way.
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Natalia Tena
American Actress
I have three things I really, really want to do. I want to do aerial trapeze, I want to do martial arts, and I want to learn Russian. And, because of my life, I'm not able to do any of these.
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Orson Welles
American Actor
The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium, you do it.
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Neil Patrick Harris
American Actor
I've been taking a trapeze class for the last couple of years. I'm working on my double back flip right now.
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Keala Settle
American Actress
I never got to see the circus... I was always in love with being a trapeze artist, though.
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Bridget Marquardt
Trapeze is a great workout. It got me in the best shape in my life.
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