monkey bars
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of monkey bars
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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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.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2024
An eight-year-old girl who believes she has set a new world record for hanging from monkey bars has been told she is too young for her achievement to be officially recognised.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2023
This one includes a rock-climbing wall, monkey bars, a wood ladder, a Swedish slide and a swing rope.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 16, 2023
Then, they went to a set of monkey bars, where one girl fell to the mat with a thud.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2022
A mob of third-graders had me and Joey Peterson backed up against the monkey bars.
From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli
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