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high-wire walker

high-wire walker is the alternative form of highwire walker.

Meaning of highwire walker

Noun

highwire walker (plural highwire walkers)

  1. An acrobat who performs tightrope walking on a wire which is at an especially high elevation above the ground, usually with the aid of a pole for balance.
    • A renowned Canadian highwire walker who has been trying unsuccessfully for decades to walk over Niagara Falls said Nik Wallenda's proposal to cross the Horseshoe Falls next year will have to be cleared by an "onslaught" of government officials.2011 June 24, Brett Clarkson, “Canadian highwire walker still hopes to conquer falls”, in Niagara Falls Review, retrieved 13 Aug 2011

Forms of high-wire walker

pluralhigh-wire walkers

Questions about high-wire walker

What is high-wire walker the alternative form of?
High-wire walker is the alternative form of highwire walker.

Words near high-wire walker in the dictionary

  1. high-wheeler
  2. high-wheelers
  3. high-wine
  4. high-wines
  5. high-wire
  6. high-wire walker
  7. high-wire walkers
  8. high-wire-walker
  9. high-wire-walkers
  10. high-wires
  11. high-wrought

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