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tightrope walkings

tightrope walkings is the plural of tightrope walking.

Meaning of tightrope walking

Noun

tightrope walking (usually uncountable, plural tightrope walkings)

  1. (usually) The acrobatic feat of walking on a tightrope.
    • Most of the novelties, including the aerial jumpings and the tightrope walkings, had been tapering off in preparation for this exciting final event.1947 June, Consolata Carroll, “Three-ring Circus”, in Pray Love, Remember, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Company, published September 1947 (2nd printing), →OCLC, page 155

Questions about tightrope walkings

What is tightrope walkings the plural of?
Tightrope walkings is the plural of tightrope walking.

Words near tightrope walkings in the dictionary

  1. tightrope walk
  2. tightrope walked
  3. tightrope walker
  4. tightrope walkers
  5. tightrope walking
  6. tightrope walkings
  7. tightrope walks
  8. tightrope-walk
  9. tightrope-walked
  10. tightrope-walker
  11. tightrope-walkers

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