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wirewalker

wirewalker noun: one who performs the feat of walking on a highwire.

Noun

wirewalker (plural wirewalkers)

  1. One who performs the feat of walking on a highwire.
    • 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.2009 March 27, Lawrence Van Gelder, “Where’s That Elephant? It Was Here a Second Ago”, in New York Times

Forms of wirewalker

pluralwirewalkers

Origin of wirewalker

From wire + walker.

Questions about wirewalker

What does wirewalker mean?
Wirewalker means one who performs the feat of walking on a highwire.
What part of speech is wirewalker?
Wirewalker is a noun.
What is the plural of wirewalker?
The plural of wirewalker is wirewalkers.

Words near wirewalker in the dictionary

  1. wiretapper
  2. wiretappers
  3. wiretapping
  4. wiretappings
  5. wiretaps
  6. wirewalker
  7. wirewalkers
  8. wirewalking
  9. wirewater
  10. wirewaters
  11. wireway

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