Definition of Tightwire

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tightwire

tightlacing
tightlipped
tightlippedness
tightly
tightly fitting
tightly knit
tightness
tightnesses
tightrope
tightrope walker
tightrope walking
tightropes
tightwad
tightwads
tightwire (current term)
tightwires
tighty-whities
tighty whities
tiglate
tiglian
tiglic
tiglic acid
tiglon
tiglons
tigloyl-CoA-13-hydroxymultiflorine-13-hydroxyupanine O-tigloyltransferase
tiglyl-CoA
tiglyl-coenzyme A
tignon
tignons

Literary usage of Tightwire

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"That scarcely anyone has perceived this acrobatic number doesn't detract from the fact that he has not fallen from the tightwire and lost his life—or ruined ..."

2. Adventure Guide to the Bahamas by Blair Howard (2002)
"Activities include circus training for the whole family-trapeze, trampoline, juggling, tightwire and other circus skills. Accommodations are in two- and ..."

3. New Handbook for the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal: With by C. W. Brebner (1898)
"... between a jib with a round on the luff and one without with tightwire jib stays. As this is only an individual opinion we will put a round on this plan. ..."

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