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third-string

third-string adjective: belonging to the third string of a team; one who plays behind the first and second strings.

Adjective

third-string (not comparable)

  1. belonging to the third string of a team; one who plays behind the first and second strings.
    • The young college quarterback was on the third-string, and played only during blowouts.
  2. a substitute or replacement.

Questions about third-string

What does third-string mean?
Third-string means belonging to the third string of a team; one who plays behind the first and second strings.
What part of speech is third-string?
Third-string is an adjective.

Words near third-string in the dictionary

  1. third-pound
  2. third-pounder
  3. third-pounders
  4. third-rate
  5. third-rates
  6. third-string
  7. third-stringer
  8. third-stringers
  9. third-to-last
  10. third-wave coffee
  11. third-wave feminism

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