Associations to the word «Tightrope»

Wiktionary

TIGHTROPE, noun. A tightly stretched rope or cable on which acrobats perform high above the ground.
TIGHTROPE WALKER, noun. An acrobat who practices tightrope walking.
TIGHTROPE WALKERS, noun. Plural of tightrope walker
TIGHTROPE WALKING, noun. The acrobatic feat of walking on a tightrope

Dictionary definition

TIGHTROPE, noun. Tightly stretched rope or wire on which acrobats perform high above the ground.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats