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tightropes

tightropes is the plural of tightrope.

tightropes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tightrope.

Meaning of tightrope

Noun

tightrope (plural tightropes)

  1. A tightly stretched rope or cable on which acrobats perform high above the ground.
  2. (figuratively) A difficult or desperate situation.

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Questions about tightropes

What is tightropes the plural of?
Tightropes is the plural of tightrope.

Words near tightropes in the dictionary

  1. tightrope-walking
  2. tightrope-walks
  3. tightroped
  4. tightroper
  5. tightropers
  6. tightropes
  7. tightroping
  8. tights
  9. tightsome
  10. tightum
  11. tightwad

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tightropes (page history and authors); tightrope (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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