funambulism
The art of walking on a tightrope or a slack-ropeThe art of walking on a tightrope or a slack-rope.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable, usually)The art of walking on a tightrope or a slack-rope.
walking on a tightrope or slack rope
Origin
From Latin funambulis.From Latin funambulis.
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Forms
plural: funambulisms| Singular | funambulism |
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uncountable
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- walking on a tightrope or slack rope:tightrope walking
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedfunambulist
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.