high-wire

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high-wire

noun high-wires

  1. alternative Alternative form of highwire

adjective

  1. Pertaining to a wire strung high above the ground which is used for acrobatic stunts.
  2. broadly Very risky and daring. T2 isn’t as good as T1: it is a little too long and unwinds a bit into caper sentimentality, broad comedy and self-mythologising. But it has the same punchy energy, the same defiant pessimism, and there’s nothing around like it. This sequel was a high-wire act, but Boyle has made it to the other sid

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@misc{high_wire_2026,
  title = {high-wire},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/high-wire},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}