"tightrope" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tightropes [plural]
Etymology: From tight + rope. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tight|rope}} tight + rope Head templates: {{en-noun}} tightrope (plural tightropes)
  1. A tightly stretched rope or cable on which acrobats perform high above the ground. Categories (topical): Circus Translations (tightly stretched rope or cable on which acrobats perform high above the ground): опънато въже (opǎnato vǎže) [neuter] (Bulgarian), corda fluixa [feminine] (Catalan), 鋼絲 (Chinese Mandarin), 钢丝 (gāngsī) (Chinese Mandarin), nuora (Finnish), corde raide [feminine] (French), Drahtseil [neuter] (German), σχοινοβασία (schoinovasía) [feminine] (Greek), (drót)kötél (kifeszített/cirkuszi) (Hungarian), fūnis rectus [masculine] (Latin), lina [feminine] (Polish), corda bamba [feminine] (Portuguese), lina [common-gender] (Swedish), rhaff dyn [feminine] (Welsh), rhaff uchel [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-tightrope-en-noun-Yev1HG2N Disambiguation of Circus: 63 17 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 19 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 65 16 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 11 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 9 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 73 16 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 72 17 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 73 16 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 67 14 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 72 17 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 68 15 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 67 24 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 75 12 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 67 23 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 65 18 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 68 23 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 74 15 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 67 15 19 Disambiguation of 'tightly stretched rope or cable on which acrobats perform high above the ground': 99 1
  2. (figuratively) a difficult or desperate situation. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-tightrope-en-noun-DYnLpWZ3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tight-rope, tight rope Hyponyms: high wire, highwire, low-wire, low wire Derived forms: tightroper, tightrope walker, tightrope walking, walk a tightrope Coordinate_terms: slackline

Verb

Forms: tightropes [present, singular, third-person], tightroping [participle, present], tightroped [participle, past], tightroped [past]
Etymology: From tight + rope. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tight|rope}} tight + rope Head templates: {{en-verb}} tightrope (third-person singular simple present tightropes, present participle tightroping, simple past and past participle tightroped)
  1. To walk on a tightrope
    Sense id: en-tightrope-en-verb-F0Y~BMS7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tight-rope, tight rope Derived forms: tightroper

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To walk on a tightrope"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "tight-rope"
    },
    {
      "word": "tight rope"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tightrope"
}

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