English words for 'tightrope walking'
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noun
noun
verb
- (transitive, climbing) To tighten (a belaying rope).
- (transitive) To allow a person or an animal to live in one's home.
- (nautical) To reef.
- (transitive) To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller.
- (transitive) To receive and properly absorb or comprehend.
- (transitive) To enjoy or appreciate.
- To deceive; to hoodwink.
- (transitive) To receive.
- (transitive) To arrest (a person).
- (transitive) To receive (goods) into one's home for the purpose of processing for a fee.
- (transitive) To attend a showing of.
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- take into one's family
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- accept
- take up as if with a sponge
- fold up
- fool or hoax
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs
- call for and obtain payment of
- make (clothes) smaller
- suck or take up or in
- take up mentally
- provide with shelter
- see or watch
- take in, also metaphorically
- visit for entertainment
verb
noun
- female ruff
- (military, historical) The holder of a proposed but unadopted commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force, equivalent to wing commander.
- (historical) Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.
- A female of the species Philomachus pugnax, a highly gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; the male is a ruff.
- (Canada) The president of a township or municipal district council.
verb
noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- a figurative restraint
- A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.
- (surfing) A leg rope.
- A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
- (prosody) A kind of metrical construct in Skeltonics.
verb
- fasten with a rope
- catch with a lasso
- (intransitive) To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.
- (transitive) To pull or restrain (the horse one is riding) to prevent it from winning a race.
- (transitive) To throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something).
- (Internet slang, originally incel slang, intransitive) To commit suicide, particularly by hanging.
- (transitive) To tie (something) with rope.
- (intransitive) To climb by means of a rope or ropes.
noun
- street names for flunitrazepam
- a strong line
- (Jainism) A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.
- (rhythmic gymnastics, countable) An apparatus, currently with limited use by the senior contestants and not used in world-wide tournaments.
- (nautical) Cordage of at least one inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.
- (military, uncountable) A kind of chaff (material dropped to interfere with radar) consisting of foil strips with paper chutes attached.
- (uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
- (with "the") Death by hanging.
- (rhythmic gymnastics, metonymic) An apparatus program with a rope.
- (computer science) A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.
- (jewelry) A necklace of at least one meter in length.
- (ceramics) A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.
- A cohesive strand of something.
- (slang, usually in the plural) Semen being ejaculated.
- (in the plural) The small intestines.
- (countable) An individual length of such material.
- (slang) Rohypnol.
- (baseball) A hard line drive.
noun
- (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
- A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor.
- (Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario) A hamburger.
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- Briskly cold weather.
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- (mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A nipple, usually of a woman.
- A playful bite.
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a small drink of liquor
- a small sharp bite or snip
- a tart spicy quality
- the property of being moderately cold
verb
- To taunt.
- (slang, vulgar) To have erect nipples.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- (informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
- To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- give a small sharp bite to
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
noun
- A rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement.
- (figurative) The limit of one's abilities, resources, patience, etc.
- (nautical, sailing) A strong rope or line that connects a sailor's safety harness to the boat's jackstay.
- (figurative) An attachment to a place, time, entity or person.
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
num
verb
noun
- The direction a rope is twisted.
- A share of the profits in a business.
- A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
- Arrangement or relationship; layout.
- (colloquial) A casual sexual partner.
- A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
- The laying of eggs.
- (colloquial) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A lake.
- a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
- a narrative poem of popular origin
adj
verb
- (law) To state; to allege.
- (military) To point; to aim.
- To present or offer.
- simple past of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
- (printing) To place (new type) properly in the cases.
- (nautical) To take a position; to come or go.
- To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
- To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
- To produce and deposit an egg or eggs.
- To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
- (of e.g. wind) To subside or abate.
- To bet (that something is or is not the case).
- To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
- (proscribed, see usage notes) To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- To impute; to charge; to allege.
- To produce and deposit (an egg or eggs).
- (slang) To have sex with.
- (Judaism, transitive) To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).
- To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
- To apply; to put.
- (ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
- (printing) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
- put in a horizontal position
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- prepare or position for action or operation
- impose as a duty, burden, or punishment
- lay eggs
noun
noun
noun
- (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
- A small amount of food or drink, (particularly) a small amount of liquor.
- (Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario) A hamburger.
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- Briskly cold weather.
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- (mining) A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
- (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A nipple, usually of a woman.
- A playful bite.
- the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
- a small drink of liquor
- a small sharp bite or snip
- a tart spicy quality
- the property of being moderately cold
verb
- To taunt.
- (slang, vulgar) To have erect nipples.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- (informal) To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
- (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
- To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
- sever or remove by pinching or snipping
- give a small sharp bite to
- squeeze tightly between the fingers
noun
- A rope, cable etc. that holds something in place whilst allowing some movement.
- (figurative) The limit of one's abilities, resources, patience, etc.
- (nautical, sailing) A strong rope or line that connects a sailor's safety harness to the boat's jackstay.
- (figurative) An attachment to a place, time, entity or person.
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
num
verb
noun
- The direction a rope is twisted.
- A share of the profits in a business.
- A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
- Arrangement or relationship; layout.
- (colloquial) A casual sexual partner.
- A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
- The laying of eggs.
- (colloquial) An act of sexual intercourse.
- A lake.
- a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
- a narrative poem of popular origin
adj
verb
- (law) To state; to allege.
- (military) To point; to aim.
- To present or offer.
- simple past of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
- (printing) To place (new type) properly in the cases.
- (nautical) To take a position; to come or go.
- To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
- To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
- To produce and deposit an egg or eggs.
- To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
- (of e.g. wind) To subside or abate.
- To bet (that something is or is not the case).
- To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
- (proscribed, see usage notes) To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- To impute; to charge; to allege.
- To produce and deposit (an egg or eggs).
- (slang) To have sex with.
- (Judaism, transitive) To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).
- To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
- To apply; to put.
- (ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
- (printing) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
- put in a horizontal position
- put into a certain place or abstract location
- prepare or position for action or operation
- impose as a duty, burden, or punishment
- lay eggs
verb
- (transitive, climbing) To tighten (a belaying rope).
- (transitive) To allow a person or an animal to live in one's home.
- (nautical) To reef.
- (transitive) To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller.
- (transitive) To receive and properly absorb or comprehend.
- (transitive) To enjoy or appreciate.
- To deceive; to hoodwink.
- (transitive) To receive.
- (transitive) To arrest (a person).
- (transitive) To receive (goods) into one's home for the purpose of processing for a fee.
- (transitive) To attend a showing of.
- hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- take into one's family
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- accept
- take up as if with a sponge
- fold up
- fool or hoax
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs
- call for and obtain payment of
- make (clothes) smaller
- suck or take up or in
- take up mentally
- provide with shelter
- see or watch
- take in, also metaphorically
- visit for entertainment
verb
noun
- female ruff
- (military, historical) The holder of a proposed but unadopted commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force, equivalent to wing commander.
- (historical) Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.
- A female of the species Philomachus pugnax, a highly gregarious, medium-sized wading bird of Eurasia; the male is a ruff.
- (Canada) The president of a township or municipal district council.
verb
noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
- restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal
- a figurative restraint
- A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.
- (surfing) A leg rope.
- A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom.
- (prosody) A kind of metrical construct in Skeltonics.
verb
- fasten with a rope
- catch with a lasso
- (intransitive) To be formed into rope; to draw out or extend into a filament or thread.
- (transitive) To pull or restrain (the horse one is riding) to prevent it from winning a race.
- (transitive) To throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something).
- (Internet slang, originally incel slang, intransitive) To commit suicide, particularly by hanging.
- (transitive) To tie (something) with rope.
- (intransitive) To climb by means of a rope or ropes.
noun
- street names for flunitrazepam
- a strong line
- (Jainism) A unit of distance equivalent to the distance covered in six months by a god flying at ten million miles per second.
- (rhythmic gymnastics, countable) An apparatus, currently with limited use by the senior contestants and not used in world-wide tournaments.
- (nautical) Cordage of at least one inch in diameter, or a length of such cordage.
- (military, uncountable) A kind of chaff (material dropped to interfere with radar) consisting of foil strips with paper chutes attached.
- (uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
- (with "the") Death by hanging.
- (rhythmic gymnastics, metonymic) An apparatus program with a rope.
- (computer science) A data structure resembling a string, using a concatenation tree in which each leaf represents a character.
- (jewelry) A necklace of at least one meter in length.
- (ceramics) A long thin segment of soft clay, either extruded or formed by hand.
- A cohesive strand of something.
- (slang, usually in the plural) Semen being ejaculated.
- (in the plural) The small intestines.
- (countable) An individual length of such material.
- (slang) Rohypnol.
- (baseball) A hard line drive.
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