wirewalker
English
Etymology
wire + walker
Noun
wirewalker (plural wirewalkers)
- One who performs the feat of walking on a highwire.
- 2009 March 27, Lawrence Van Gelder, “Where’s That Elephant? It Was Here a Second Ago”, in New York Times:
- That is not to overlook the feats of assorted acrobats, wirewalkers and other daredevils blasted from a double-barreled cannon, or flying through the air, or trying to maintain their balance atop a spinning wheel high above the arena floor.
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Related terms
- wirewalking