tightwire

[ tahyt-wahyuhr ]

noun

1. tightrope ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of tightwire¹

First recorded in 1925–30; tight + wire

Example Sentences

But the old fear was there as she moved toward the Martian hermit, on a painful tightwire of impulse between threat and desire.

From Project Gutenberg