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1. (n.) tightrope
a rope or wire cable, stretched tight, on which acrobats perform feats of balancing.
2. tightrope
a risky or delicate situation.
Etymology: (1795–1805)
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1. (noun) tightrope
tightly stretched rope or wire on which acrobats perform high above the ground
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Sense: a tightly-stretched rope or wire on which acrobats balance.
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 Afrikaans: hoogtou |
 Arabic: حَبل البَهْلَوان |
 Bulgarian: опънато въже |
 Brazilian: corda bamba |
 Czech: visuté lano |
 German: das Drahtseil |
 Danish: line |
 Greek: (τεντωμένο) σχοινί ακροβα |
 Spanish: cuerda floja |
 Estonian: köis |
 Farsi: طناب سیرک |
 Finnish: nuorallatanssijan nuora |
 French: corde raide |
 Hebrew: חֶבֶל מָתוּחַ |
 Hindi: नटकी रस्सी |
 Croatian: nategnuto uže ili žica |
 Hungarian: kifeszített kötél |
 Indonesian: tali akrobat |
 Icelandic: lína |
 Italian: fune |
 Japanese: 張り綱 |
 Korean: (줄타기용) 팽팽한 밧줄 |
 Lithuanian: lynas |
 Latvian: nostiepta virve |
 Malay: tali tegang |
 Dutch: strak koord |
 Norwegian: line |
 Polish: lina |
 Portuguese: corda bamba |
 Romanian: funieîntinsă |
 Russian: натянутый канат |
 Slovak: visuté lano |
 Slovenian: napeta vrv |
 Serbian: žica |
 Swedish: lina |
 Thai: ลวดขึงตึง (ใช้เดินไต่ลวด) |
 Turkish: cambaz ipi |
 Taiwanese: (供雜技等演員走索用的)繃索 |
 Ukrainian: туго натягнутий канат |
 Urdu: مداري کي رسي |
 Vietnamese: dây kéo căng |
 Chinese: （供杂技等演员走索用的）绷索 |
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