Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stringer

/stɹɪŋɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables: stringer
IPA: /stɹɪŋɚ/

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.

noun

Someone who strings someone along.

noun

A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.

noun

The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.

noun

A small screw-hook to which piano strings are sometimes attached.

noun

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.

noun

A person who plays on a particular string.

noun

Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.

Example Sentences

"Be content to put your trust in honest stringers."
"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."
"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."
""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 whoreson tyrant! He has been an old stringer in's days"
"[T]hose fellows know how to spot a stringer at work."

Etymology

From string + -er.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /stɹɪŋɚ/
British English: /stɹɪŋə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

stringers (plural)

Derived Forms

bowstringer

Phrases

first-stringer second-stringer third-stringer

Synonyms

string stringboard stringpiece stile rail

Rhymes With

singer winger left-winger springer right-winger ringer stinger swinger klinger zinger slinger inger

Questions

How do you pronounce stringer?: The recorded pronunciation is /stɹɪŋɚ/.
What does stringer mean?: Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
Where does stringer come from?: From string + -er.

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