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tightwire

[ tahyt-wahyuhr ]
/ ˈtaɪtˌwaɪər /
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noun
tightrope (def. 1).
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Origin of tightwire

First recorded in 1925–30; tight + wire

Words nearby tightwire

tight ship, tight shot, tight spot, tight squeeze, tightwad, tightwire, tighty-whities, Tiglath-pileser I, Tiglath-pileser III, tiglic, tiglic acid
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How to use tightwire in a sentence

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

    The Mating of the Moons|Kenneth O'Hara
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