tightrope walker
Noun
Meaning
tightrope walker (plural tightrope walkers)
An acrobat who practices tightrope walking.
Synonyms: aerialist, funambulist, highwire walker, tightrope artist, tightrope dancer
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tightrope-walker
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The line between normal and crazy seemed impossibly thin. A person would have to be an expert tightrope walker in order not to fall.
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.
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.
Designing is a lot like a high-wire act - if the tightrope walker is only six inches off the ground, where's the excitement?
A tightrope walker show of a German artist group in a little Styrian village ended in riots and many casualties.
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.