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stringer

UK/stɹɪŋə/US/stɹɪŋɚ/

stringer noun: someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.

Noun

stringer (plural stringers)

  1. Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
    • Be content to put your trust in honest stringers.1545, Roger Ascham, Toxophilus
  2. Someone who strings someone along.
  3. 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.1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row
  4. The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.
  5. A small screw-hook to which piano strings are sometimes attached.
  6. 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.1991, Douglas Coupland, “Enter Hyperspace”, in Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, →OCLC
  7. A person who plays on a particular string.
  8. Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.
  9. (slang) A hard-hit ball.
  10. 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.1970, Field & Stream, volume 75, number 7, page 76
  11. 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.
  12. (obsolete) A libertine; a wencher.
    • A whoreson tyrant! He has been an old stringer in's days1607 (first performance), Francis Beaumont, “The Knight of the Burning Pestle”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC...
  13. 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.1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 82

Proper noun capitalized: Stringer

Stringer (countable and uncountable, plural Stringers)

  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a stringer.
  2. An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi, United States, named after a postmaster.

stringer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

stringer in Hindi

स्ट्रिंगर, स्ट्रींगर

stringer in Tamil

ஸ்ட்ரிங்கர், ஸ்டிரிங்கர்

stringer in Marathi

स्ट्रिंगर, स्ट्रींगर

stringer in Urdu

سٹرینگر, سٹرنگر
More languagesFewer languages
stringer in Bengali
স্ট্রিংার, স্ট্রিঙ্গার
stringer in Telugu
స్ట్రింగర్, స్ట్రింజర్
stringer in Malayalam
സ്ട്രിങ്കർ, സ്ട്രിംഗർ, സ്ട്രിങ്ങർ
stringer in Kannada
ಸ್ಟ್ರಿಂಗರ್, ಸ್ಟ್ರಿಂಜರ್
stringer in Punjabi
ਸਟਰਿੰਗਰ, ਸਟ੍ਰਿੰਗਰ
stringer in Gujarati
સ્ટ્રિંગર, સ્ટ્રીન્ગર, સ્ટ્રીંગર
stringer in Odia
ଷ୍ଟ୍ରିଙ୍ଗର, ସ୍ଟ୍ରିଙ୍ଗର, ଷ୍ଟ୍ରିଙ୍ଗର୍
stringer in Nepali
स्ट्रिङ्गर, स्ट्रिन्जर

Synonyms of stringer

All synonyms of stringer

Forms of stringer

Noun
pluralstringers
Proper noun
pluralStringers

Plural of stringer: stringers

Origin of stringer

From string + -er.

Words formed from stringer

Words that rhyme with stringer

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Questions about stringer

What does stringer mean?
Stringer means someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
What is stringer in Hindi?
Stringer in Hindi is स्ट्रिंगर, स्ट्रींगर. See Stringer meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is stringer?
Stringer can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce stringer?
Stringer is pronounced /stɹɪŋə/ (UK).
What is the plural of stringer?
The plural of stringer is stringers.

Words near stringer in the dictionary

  1. stringendo
  2. stringendos
  3. stringent
  4. stringently
  5. stringentness
  6. stringer
  7. stringers
  8. Stringfellow
  9. Stringfellows
  10. Stringfield
  11. Stringfields

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stringer (page history and authors); Stringer (page history and authors); stringer (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stringer (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stringer (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stringer (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stringer (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stringer (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stringer (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stringer (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stringer (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stringer (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stringer (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stringer (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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