Noun
tightrope walker (plural tightrope walkers)
An acrobat who practices tightrope walking.
Synonyms: aerialist, funambulist, highwire walker, tightrope artist, tightrope dancer
tightrope-walker
The line between normal and crazy seemed impossibly thin. A person would have to be an expert tightrope walker in order not to fall. Augusten Burroughs
An honest religious thinker is like a tightrope walker. He almost looks as though he were walking on nothing but air. His support is the slenderest imaginable. And yet it really is possible to walk on it. Ludwig Wittgenstein
I want to be an entrepreneur too; I like the business side of things. When I was younger I wanted to be a vet or a tightrope walker. But I have no sense of balance and I can't bear animals dying, so I abandoned both ideas. Georgia May Jagger
Designing is a lot like a high-wire act - if the tightrope walker is only six inches off the ground, where's the excitement? Douglas Wilson
A tightrope walker show of a German artist group in a little Styrian village ended in riots and many casualties. Source: Internet
The New York state assembly has made an exception to a century-old ban on stunts at Niagara Falls, to allow a renowned tightrope walker to cross from one side to the other. Source: Internet