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Ropewalker
An acrobat who performs a tightrope dance; a ropedancer.
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An acrobat who performs a tightrope dance; a ropedancer.
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| Word | Definition |
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| ropedancernoun | Alternative form of rope dancer. [(dated) A tightrope walker; an acrobat.] |
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| Word | Definition |
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| ropedancernoun | Alternative form of rope dancer. [(dated) A tightrope walker; an acrobat.] |
| roperynoun | A place where ropes are made; ropewalk. |
| ropernoun | (slang) Synonym of outside man (“accomplice who locates a mark to be swindled by a confidence trickster”). |
| riverdancernoun | A person who riverdances. |
| ropemakernoun | A maker of ropes. |
| rappellernoun | One who rappels (descends by rope). |
| ropeladdernoun | Alternative form of rope ladder. [A flexible ladder, constructed of rope, often with wooden rungs, suspended from the top.] |
| rappelernoun | One who rappels (descends by rope). |
| ropingnoun | The act of catching an animal with a rope. |
| robandnoun | (nautical) A ropeband. |
| rafternoun | (architecture) One of a series of sloped beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the downslope perimeter or eave, designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads. |
| rappellingnoun | A system used to descend heights with a rope. |
| rattler-jumpernoun | A person who jumps the rattler. |
| jump ropenoun | (uncountable) (also jump-roping, jumping rope) The activity, game or exercise in which a person must jump, bounce or skip repeatedly while a length of rope is swung over and under, both ends held in the hands of the jumper, or alternately, held by two other participants. |
| risleynoun | (uncountable) A placename: |
| raftsmannoun | A person who transports a raft of floating logs downstream to a sawmill; a rafter. |
| ropenoun | (uncountable) Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line. |
| rope-waynoun | Alternative spelling of ropeway. [A system of cables, slung from towers, from which carriers are suspended to transport materials.] |
| gift ropenoun | (nautical, archaic) A tow rope. |
| ropebridgenoun | Alternative spelling of rope bridge. [A suspension bridge constructed chiefly of rope.] |
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