English Online Dictionary. What means bars? What does bars mean?
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɑː(ɹ)z/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z
Noun
bars
- plural of bar
Noun
bars pl (plural only)
- (sports) An apparatus on which certain gymnastics are performed, especially parallel bars.
- (gymnastics) Ellipsis of uneven bars.
- (gymnastics) Ellipsis of parallel bars.
- (sports) An event in gymnastics using bars.
- (slang) Well-constructed rap lyrics.
- '2022, Shanté Paradigm Smalls, Hip Hop Heresies: Queer Aesthetics in New York City (page 89)
- Here was an emcee not only capable of spitting “bars” (good rhymes), but thoughtfully creative in her meditation on Black heterosexual relations.
Derived terms
- (gymnastics event): asymmetric bars, parallel bars, uneven bars
Translations
References
- “bars”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Gymnastics
Verb
bars
- third-person singular simple present indicative of bar
Anagrams
- ABRs, ARBs, BRAS, arbs, bras, sbar
Catalan
Noun
bars
- plural of bar
Crimean Gothic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *bardaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂.
Noun
bars
- beard
Danish
Noun
bars c
- indefinite genitive singular of bar
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑrs/
- Hyphenation: bars
- Rhymes: -ɑrs
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Low German [Term?].
Adjective
bars (comparative barser, superlative meest bars or barst)
- stern, strict
Inflection
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
bars
- plural of bar
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baʁ/
- Rhymes: -aʁ
Noun
bars m
- plural of bar
Anagrams
- bras
Latvian
Noun
bars m (1st declension)
- crowd
- multitude
- crush
- throng
- brood (a group of young birds)
- herd
- pod (a group of whales, dolphins, seals, porpoises or hippopotami)
- plump (a knot or cluster)
- be-in
Declension
Middle English
Noun
bars
- Alternative form of bace
Swedish
Noun
bars
- indefinite genitive singular of bar
Verb
bars
- past passive indicative of bära