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FUNAMBULIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does funambulist mean?
• FUNAMBULIST (noun)
The noun FUNAMBULIST has 1 sense:
1. an acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope
Familiarity information: FUNAMBULIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An acrobat who performs on a tightrope or slack rope
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
funambulist; tightrope walker
Hypernyms ("funambulist" is a kind of...):
acrobat (an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination)
Derivation:
funambulism (walking on a tightrope or slack rope)
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