HIGH WIRE
Dictionary entry overview: What does high wire mean? • HIGH WIRE (noun)
The noun HIGH WIRE has 1 sense:
1. a tightrope very high above the ground
Familiarity information: HIGH WIRE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HIGH WIRE (noun)
Meaning:
A tightrope very high above the ground
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("high wire" is a kind of...):
tightrope (tightly stretched rope or wire on which acrobats perform high above the ground)
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