tightrope-walk

== English == === Alternative forms === tight-rope-walk (dated) tightrope walk === Etymology === The verb is a back-formation from tightrope walking. === Verb === tightrope-walk (third-person singular simple present tightrope-walks, present participle tightrope-walking, simple past and past participle tightrope-walked) (ambitransitive) To walk on a tightrope or on (something) as though on one. Synonym: tightrope (figuratively) To take a perilous course between alternatives. (sports) This term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. ==== Related terms ==== === Noun === tightrope-walk (plural tightrope-walks) Alternative form of tightrope walk.