sword swallowers
Gullet-defying performers
Sword swallowers are performers who pass blades down their throats into their stomachs—a genuine physical feat requiring learned suppression of the gag reflex, not an illusion.
The term sometimes appears figuratively for someone who takes on something dangerous or difficult: The new CFO is a sword swallower, brought in to cut the budget to the bone.
- daggersShort double-edged blades
- steel bladeSharpened metal for cutting
- entertainersThose who amuse others
- gag reflexThroat's protective contraction
- audacityBrazen, reckless daring
fire-eaters · freak shows · vaudeville · circus · big top · stunt performers · performer · sideshow · regurgitation · daring · amazement · throat · shock value · circus performers · bravery · steady nerves · act · spectacle
- entertainerssingers, actor, dancers, actress, musicians
- carnivalparade, costume, float, ferris wheel, roller coaster
- Ren fairejousting, knights, mead, turkey legs, jesters
- troupescircus troupe, dance troupe, improv troupe, theater group, acting company
- curiositiesoddities, curiosities, rarities, wonders, anomalies
- Elizabethan entertainersactors, players, boy actors, clowns, fools
sword swallowersmagicians
Practitioners of sleight-of-hand
illusionists · stage magicians · conjurers · tricksters · escape artists
sword swallowersclowns
Comic performers in costume
balloon artists · jugglers · mimes · puppeteers · storytellers
sword, swallower, swords, swordsman, swordsmen, swordsmanship, swallow, swallows, swallowed