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TIGHTROPE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tightrope mean?
• TIGHTROPE (noun)
The noun TIGHTROPE has 1 sense:
1. tightly stretched rope or wire on which acrobats perform high above the ground
Familiarity information: TIGHTROPE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tightly stretched rope or wire on which acrobats perform high above the ground
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tightrope" is a kind of...):
rope (a strong line)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tightrope"):
high wire (a tightrope very high above the ground)
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