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nouna tightrope stretched very high above the ground. Origin of high wireFirst recorded in 1880–85 Words nearby high wirehighway contract route, highwayman, highway patrol, highway robbery, high wine, high wire, high-wire act, high-wrought, High Wycombe, high yellow, Higoumenakia sign Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for high wireThat Elgort executes the high-wire act so flawlessly is probably owed to the fact that he shares some of the same qualities. ‘Fault in Our Stars’ Hunk Ansel Elgort Wants You to Cry (A Lot)|Kevin Fallon|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Ghesquière almost always succeeds with his high-wire balancing act of pop culture, historic art, and modern technology. Balenciaga, Dries Van Noten Kick Off Paris Fall 2012 Fashion Week|Robin Givhan|March 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST It was a high-wire act to be sure, but Calvin Coolidge managed to pull it off. Calvin Coolidge’s Bone-Dry Humor Is a Lesson in Laughs for Candidates|Mark Katz|February 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST It is not his puns, tricks, or allusions, though his high-wire gamesmanship is often thrilling. The Nabokov Mess|Nathaniel Rich|November 22, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Crafting humor for supersize egos can be a perilous, high-wire act. How Funny Is Obama?|Sandra McElwaine|January 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST But for three years we corresponded with some frequency; it was a thin-ice, high-wire business, but I pulled it through. Marge Askinforit|Barry Pain
British Dictionary definitions for high wire
nouna tightrope stretched high in the air for balancing acts Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |