<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>A rope or wire cable, stretched tight, on which acrobats perform feats of balancing.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object):</strong></p><ul><li>To walk, move, or proceed on or as on a tightrope: He tightroped through enemy territory.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>To make (one's way, course, etc.) on or as on a tightrope.</li></ul>