stringer

noun — 13 senses

stringer

noun

UK /stɹɪŋə/ · CA, US /stɹɪŋɚ/

Etymology From string + -er.

13 senses
  1. 1Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides…
  2. 2Someone who strings someone along.
  3. 3A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or…
  4. 4The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the…
  5. 5A small screw-hook to which piano strings are sometimes attached.
  6. 6A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper…
  7. 7A person who plays on a particular string.
  8. 8Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a…
  9. 9A hard-hit ball.
  10. 10A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that…
  11. 11A pallet or skid used when shipping less than truckload…
  12. 12A libertine; a wencher.
  13. 13A person who deliberately states that a certain bird is…
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

Business, Carpentry, Construction, Manufacturing 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

Journalism, Media 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

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A person who plays on a particular string.

8

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports, Surfing Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.

9

Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Slang A hard-hit ball.

10

Fishing, Hobbies, Lifestyle 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, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
13

Biology, Birdwatching, Natural sciences, Ornithology 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:
Derived terms
bowstringer, first-stringer, second-stringer, third-stringer

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