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stringer¹
- /stɹɪŋə/ UK
- /stɹɪŋɚ/ Canada, US
Rhymes with -ɪŋə(ɹ)
noun stringers
- Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows. Be content to put your trust in honest stringers.
- Someone who strings someone along.
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A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.
A startled man looked out the office window and then rushed for the door, but the boys were too quick for him. They were lying behind a wooden stringer in the lot before he even got near the door.
Similar: string, stringboard, stringpiece
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The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.
Similar: stile, rail, string, stringboard, stringpiece
- A small screw-hook to which piano strings are sometimes attached.
- A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place. And he told a few stories about time he had spent in New York in the 1950s as a stringer for the Asahi newspapers… about meeting Diana Vreeland and Truman Capote and Judy Holiday.
- A person who plays on a particular string.
- Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.
- A hard-hit ball.
- A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish. "Okay, that's a keeper," Harold said as he netted the 3-pounder and put him on a stringer over the side of the boat.
- A pallet or skid used when shipping less than truckload (LTL) freight. A platform typically constructed of timber or plastic designed such that freight may be stacked on top, able to be lifted by a forklift.
- A libertine; a wencher. A whoreson tyrant! He has been an old stringer in's days
- A person who deliberately states that a certain bird is present when it is not; one who knowingly misleads other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity. [T]hose fellows know how to spot a stringer at work.
Stringer²
proper noun Stringers
- A surname originating as an occupation for a stringer.
- An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi, United States, named after a postmaster.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: claws, girders, greenhouses, talons, firststringer, string player, string instrumentalist, strummer, bow maker, bowyer, stockinger, strainer, strapper, stretcher, slinger, splicer
Translations
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noun one who threads, strings
| Deutsch | Saitenaufzieher, Besaiter |
|---|---|
| Italiano | cordaio |
noun one who strings someone along
| Deutsch | Führer |
|---|
noun horizontal timber or piece
| Français | lisse |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Pfette, Holm, Längsbalken, Tragbalken, Streckbalken, Stützbalken |
| Italiano | traversa, montante, longherina |
noun freelance correspondent
| Português | stringer, correspondente frila |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | freier Mitarbeiter |
| Italiano | corrispondente libero, giornalista, inviato |
noun wooden strip on a surfboard
| Deutsch | Holm |
|---|
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