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What (who) is high wire - definition
SKILL INVOLVING WALKING ON A THIN WIRE OR ROPE
Tight-rope walker; Tight-rope; Tightrope walker; Freestyle slackline; Tightrope; Highwire walker; Funambulist; Rope-walking; Rope walking; High wire; High wire act; Funambulism; Tight-rope walking; Tight rope; Equilibrist; Tightrope-walking; Rope-Walking; Wirewalking; Tightwire; Circus high wire acts; Tightrope Walking; Tight Rope
![''[[Jultagi]]'', the Korean tradition of tightrope walking](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Korea-Jeonju-Jultagi-02.jpg?width=200 "''[[Jultagi]]'', the Korean tradition of tightrope walking")
![[[Maria Spelterini]] crossing [[Niagara Falls]] on July 4, 1876](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maria Spelterini at Suspension Bridge.jpg?width=200 "[[Maria Spelterini]] crossing [[Niagara Falls]] on July 4, 1876")
high wire
¦ noun a high tightrope.
high wire
also high-wire
(high wires)
1.
A high wire is a length of rope or wire stretched tight high above the ground and used for balancing acts.
= tightrope
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2.
Journalists talk about a person being on a high wire or performing a high-wire act when he or she is dealing with a situation in which it would be easy to do the wrong thing.
This year's Budget looks set to be a precarious high-wire act for the Chancellor.
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High Wire (album)
ALBUM BY ROB BROWN
High Wire is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Rob Brown, recorded in 1993 and released on the Italian Soul Note label. It features a trio with bassist William Parker and drummer Jackson Krall playing all original Brown compositions.
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Tightrope walking
Tightrope walking, also called funambulism, is the skill of walking along a thin wire or rope. It has a long tradition in various countries and is commonly associated with the circus. Other skills similar to tightrope walking include slack rope walking and slacklining.
Examples of use of high wire
1. Entergy had nearly 200,000 customers before the storm. ‘A high–wire act‘ "The mayor is in the middle of a high–wire act," said Matthew Fellowes, a senior research associate at the Brookings Institution who is tracking the reconstruction effort.
2. The World High–Wire Championships are part of the capital‘s annual Hi Seoul Festival, with 18 acrobats from nine countries each being given an hour to complete the walk across the high wire stretching above the Han River.
3. A "high–wire act", he boasted yesterday; taking leave of his senses is more like it.
4. "It‘s a little bit of a high–wire act for them," Carroll said.
5. Chuy the Mexican Wolf Man still performs his high–wire act at Sideshow by the Sea.