Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

string up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables: string up
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To kill (a person) by hanging, especially to lynch.

Transitive verb

verb

To die by hanging.

Intransitive verb; Obsolete

verb

To suspend by means of rope, cord or similar material.

Transitive verb

verb

To concatenate; to link in a line.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"I'd string up the whole lot if I had my way, Silver. Poachers and blackguards every one of them."
"After years of brutal repression, any member of Saddam's palace guard stands to be strung up from the nearest lamppost by a vengeful Iraqi populace."
""And now, my friend," said the Captain, "let us understand each other. You have confessed yourself a spy, and should string up to the next tree.""
"He has scars on his ankles, feet and hands from where they strung him up with ropes and beat him."
"to string up a sentence"

Usage

Inflected Forms

strings up (present, singular) stringing up (participle, present) strung up (participle, past) strung up (past)

Synonyms

hang scrag forhang Guy Fawkes ketch send to the scaffold stretch string up truss tuck up swing dance on a rope

Questions

What does string up mean?: To kill (a person) by hanging, especially to lynch.

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