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Definition of Tightrope
1. Noun. Tightly stretched rope or wire on which acrobats perform high above the ground.
Definition of Tightrope
1. Noun. A tightly stretched rope or cable on which acrobats perform high above the ground. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tightrope
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tightrope
Literary usage of Tightrope
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gold Chain: A California Family Sagaby Regina V. Phelan by Regina V. Phelan (1987)
"Eyes turned upward, watching Jeannette, as she started down the tightrope slowly,
that first step or two giving her trouble. Then Eugene appeared, placing ..."
2. The Family Farm in a Globalizing World: The Role of Crop Science in by Michael Lipton (2005)
"The Price/Total-Productivity tightrope For new science to help poor farmers ...
Walking this tightrope successfully means addressing two demand issues: (a) ..."
3. Federal Immigration Law Enforcement in the Southwest: Civil Rights Impacts by John F. Dulles (1998)
"See also, Sebastion Rotella, "Walking a tightrope at the Border," Los Angeles
Times, Sept. 15,1993 (hereafter cited as "tightrope at the Border"). ..."
4. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"When tightrope, the celebrated literary genius, sits down to write and laugh—with
the children very likely ill at home—with a strong personal desire to ..."
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