wirework
Americannoun
noun
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functional or decorative work made of wire
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objects made of wire, esp netting
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a special effects technique in film or theatre in which actors are suspended from moving wires so that they appear to fly
the spectacular wirework of Chinese cinema
Etymology
Origin of wirework
Example Sentences
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Because the show involves wirework and understage lifts, it was easier to construct a custom space than it would have been to use an existing West End theater.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025
I did a lot of wirework and fight sequences.
From The Guardian • Feb. 4, 2019
We'd start the sequence with the wirework and go straight into a whole fight, which makes it more challenging; we can't do one move, cut and pick up again.
From The Guardian • May 11, 2013
Choreographed by the film martial-arts veteran Sammo Hung, the fights are spectacularly designed and performed, relying more on muscle and skill than wirework.
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2011
His remains are deposited in the north-east angle of the court, on an elevated terrace, beneath open marble canopy, protected by a wirework trellis.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 by Various
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