slacklining

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noun

A sport resembling tightrope walking but with the rope or webbing only partially taut.

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Meanings

nounslacklining (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA 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.

    2008 March 14, Jeré Longman, “900 Feet Up With Nowhere to Go but Down”, in New York Times
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of slackline

Origin

From slackline + -ing.

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Translations

French slackline
  • slacklinesport
German Slacken
  • Slackensport
Cite this entry
APA

slacklining. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slacklining

MLA

“slacklining.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slacklining. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slacklining,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slacklining.

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