Slacklining
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A sport resembling tightrope walking but with the rope or webbing only partially taut. uncountable
"Highlining was a high-wire version of slacklining, an extreme cousin of tightrope walking in which no pole was used for balance and the rope was elastic, allowing for various tricks involving walking, sitting, lying down, flipping, even spinning hula hoops."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of slackline form-of, gerund, participle, present
Synonyms
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More examples"Highlining was a high-wire version of slacklining, an extreme cousin of tightrope walking in which no pole was used for balance and the rope was elastic, allowing for various tricks involving walking, sitting, lying down, flipping, even spinning hula hoops."
Etymology
From slackline + -ing.
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