Meanings
nounwirewalker (plural wirewalkers)
plural wirewalkers
- One who performs the feat of walking on a highwire.
That is not to overlook the feats of assorted acrobats, wirewalkers and other daredevils blasted from a double-barreled cannon, or flying through the air, or trying to maintain their balance atop a spinning wheel high above the arena floor.
2009 March 27, Lawrence Van Gelder, “Where’s That Elephant? It Was Here a Second Ago”, in New York Times
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wirewalker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wirewalker
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“wirewalker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wirewalker. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wirewalker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wirewalker.
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