1
: involving great risk
a financial high-wire act
2
: daring
high-wire prose

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The movie is an emotional high-wire act that writers, directors, and actors will admire. Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2025 When Francis Ford Coppola finally went into production on Megalopolis, the project carried the weight of decades of anticipation and the air of a high-wire act undertaken by a beloved, daredevil octogenarian. Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025 What sport combines the intensity of a high-wire circus act with the strategic thinking of a grand master chess match? Eric Zillmer, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025 Marketing today is a bit of a high-wire act. Luciana Cemerka, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high-wire

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of high-wire was in 1956

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“High-wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-wire. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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