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high-wires

high-wires is the plural of high-wire.

Meaning of high-wire

Adjective

high-wire

  1. Pertaining to a wire strung high above the ground which is used for acrobatic stunts.
  2. (broadly) Very risky and daring.
    • T2 isn’t as good as T1: it is a little too long and unwinds a bit into caper sentimentality, broad comedy and self-mythologising. But it has the same punchy energy, the same defiant pessimism, and there’s nothing around like it. This sequel was a high-wire act, but Boyle has made it to the other...2017 January 19, Peter Bradshaw, “T2 Trainspotting review – choose a sequel that doesn't disappoint”, in the Guardian

Questions about high-wires

What is high-wires the plural of?
High-wires is the plural of high-wire.

Words near high-wires in the dictionary

  1. high-wire
  2. high-wire walker
  3. high-wire walkers
  4. high-wire-walker
  5. high-wire-walkers
  6. high-wires
  7. high-wrought
  8. high/low
  9. Higham
  10. Higham Ferrers
  11. Highams

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