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TIGHTROPE WALKING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tightrope walking mean?
• TIGHTROPE WALKING (noun)
The noun TIGHTROPE WALKING has 1 sense:
1. walking on a tightrope or slack rope
Familiarity information: TIGHTROPE WALKING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Walking on a tightrope or slack rope
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
funambulism; tightrope walking
Hypernyms ("tightrope walking" is a kind of...):
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
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