trapeze /tɹəˈpiːz/noun 4verb 1forms 3 noun4 •A swinging horizontal bar suspended at each end by a rope, used by circus artists. •The trapezium bone.[…] the distance between the top of the flexor retinaculum and an imaginary line drawn between the trapeze and the hamate. — 2013 •A certain yo-yo trick.I begin a roller-coaster trick by throwing a trapeze, making the yo-yo loop around the finger of my left hand and then land back on the string. — 2011 •(no longer used) A trapezium. verb1 •To swing on or as on a trapeze. formstrapezed · trapezing · trapezes
