HORIZONTAL BAR Definition & Meaning

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horizontal bar

noun

Gymnastics.

a bar fixed in a position parallel to the floor or ground, for use in chinning and other exercises.
an event in gymnastic competitions, judged on strength and grace while performing specific movements on such a bar.

horizontal bar

noun

gymnastics a raised bar on which swinging and vaulting exercises are performed Also calledhigh bar

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Origin of horizontal bar¹

First recorded in 1820–30

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What makes UCLA’s otherwise cookie-cutter postseason look stand out is on the back: “We” printed over a horizontal bar and “me.”

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“We” was printed on the back on top of a horizontal bar and the word “me.”

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It’s telling that he conceived of his scenes in clearly delineated horizontal bars that give sky, earth and the Danube River an unshakable, marble-like solidity.

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However, the closest of them all was the men’s horizontal bar gymnastics final, where Japan’s Shinnosuke Oka and Colombia’s Angel Barajas were barely inseparable.

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Manufacturer Nike has changed the cross of St George, with its horizontal bar now a combination of blues and purples rather than the red of the original flag.

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