tightrope

Noun

 * 1) A tightly stretched rope or cable on which acrobats perform high above the ground.
 * 2)  a difficult or desperate situation.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: опънато въже
 * Catalan: corda fluixa
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: (kifeszített/cirkuszi) (drót)kötél
 * Latin: fūnis rectus
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: corda bamba
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: rhaff dyn, rhaff uchel

Verb

 * 1) To walk on a tightrope

Derived terms

 * tightroper