tightrope
To walk on a tightropeTo walk on a tightrope.
Recorded US: Speaker: Flame, not lame Recorder: Flame, not lame, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
» Tom is good at walking on a tightrope.
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1 sensesTo walk on a tightrope.
Examples
13 sentencesTom is good at walking on a tightrope.
Tom didn't want to walk the tightrope without a net.
ruТом не хотел идти по канату без страховочной сетки. — odexed
The people eating at that table are tightrope walkers and acrobats.
Tom is balancing on a tightrope.
He is balancing on a tightrope.
Origin
From tight + rope.From tight + rope.
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Forms
tightropes, tightroping, tightroped, tightroped| Base form | tightrope · to tightrope |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | tightropes |
| Present participle | tightroping |
| Past simple | tightroped |
| Past participle | tightroped |
regular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
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.