monkey bars
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of monkey bars
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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At the bottom, few public playgrounds these days feature seesaws or monkey bars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
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.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 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
If you take the monkey bars and the people and blur them together they get soft and fluffy and kind just like a stuffed animal.
From "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine
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