I. ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: tight (I) + rope
1. : a rope or wire stretched taut on which acrobats perform — compare high wire , slack rope
2. : a hazardous situation
II. transitive verb
: to walk on or along as if on a tightrope
tightroped the foundation and jumped clear of the gooseberry bushes — Wallace Stegner
intransitive verb
1. : to walk, dance, or perform acrobatics on a tightrope
2. : to move or progress as if on a tightrope