Join free

slacklining

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

slacklining

Where it comes from

From slackline + -ing.

noun

  1. uncountable A sport resembling tightrope walking but with the rope or webbing only partially taut. Highlining was a high-wire version of slacklining, an extreme cousin of tightrope walking in which no pole was used for balance and the rope was elastic, allowing for various tricks involving walking, sitting, lying down, flipping, even spinning hula hoops.

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of slackline

Translations

Every language

noun sport

Françaisslackline
DeutschSlacken

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"slacklining." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/slacklining. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

slacklining. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/slacklining

Chicago

"slacklining." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/slacklining.

BibTeX
@misc{slacklining_2026,
  title = {slacklining},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/slacklining},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}