monkey bars

plural noun

1. junglegym.

Word History and Origins

Origin of monkey bars¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

At that point in the afternoon, the kids abandon their toy dinosaurs and monkey bars, throw up their hands, and yell in excitement as they run to watch the truck do its work.

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It’s been open more than nine years, but the brightly painted red and yellow slides and monkey bars are still sleek and shiny, and the padded rubber tiles feel springy underfoot.

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Ayala has retrofitted her elegant home with monkey bars and ropes to keep Emilia from swinging from the television or ceiling fans.

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Helena has been using monkey bars since the age of three, when her parents bought her and her twin sister, Nicola, a climbing frame for their back garden.

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Helena said she particularly enjoyed monkey bars when the "frame is wobbly", because that is when it is more "challenging".

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