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tightrope walker

noun

  1. an acrobat who performs on a tightrope
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • tightrope walking, noun
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Example Sentences

One thing that we must suppose he particularly liked was a wonderful tightrope walker.

Should you like to be a juggler, a tightrope walker, or a clown?

Telephone to the clown, or the juggler, or the tightrope walker, or the horseback rider.

Kendricks made a nervous joke about a tightrope walker, but when his turn came he picked his way securely, without losing balance.

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