Stringer

Word STRINGER
Character 8
Hyphenation string er
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Stringer"

What do we mean by stringer?

One that strings. noun

A long heavy horizontal timber used as a support or connector. noun

A stringboard. noun

A horizontal timber used to support upright posts. noun

A member of a specified string or squad on a team. Often used in combination. noun

A part-time or freelance correspondent for the news media. noun

In iron ship-building, a longitudinal member built of plates and bars in the interior of a vessel which reinforces and supports the framing above the turn of the bilge. Similar members below the turn of the bilge are called keelsons. See keelson, 2. noun

In geology, a narrow vein or dike. noun

One who strings. noun

A device for attaching piano-strings to a ridge cast specially for that purpose on the plate, instead of winding them around tuning wrest-pins inserted in the wrest-pin plank. noun

In railway engin., a longitudinal timber on which a rail is fastened, and which rests on transverse sleepers. noun

In ship-building, an inside strake of plank or of plates, secured to the ribs and supporting the ends of the beams; a shelf. See cut under beam, 2 . noun

In carpentry: A horizontal timber connecting two posts in a framework. noun

Same as string-board. noun

A tie in a truss or a truss-bridge. noun

A fornicator; a wencher. noun

A small stick or switch used to string fish on by the gills. noun

One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows. noun

A libertine; a wencher. noun

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

Someone who strings someone along.

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

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

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

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.

A person who plays on a particular string.

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

(1800s) A hard-hit ball.

A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish.

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.

A libertine; a wencher.

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.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Stringer

  • Antonyms for stringer
  • Stringer antonyms not found!

The word "stringer" in example sentences

I believe the word stringer derived from the early practice of measuring column inches with a piece of string. ❋ Daniel Schorr (2001)

Whether you can get away with that sort of attitude as the head critic of the New York TImes, as opposed to a mere stringer, is something I wouldn't know, though. ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2009)

Out in the field, a veteran Paris freelancer goes to desperate lengths for his next byline, while the new Cairo stringer is mercilessly manipulated by an outrageous war correspondent with an outsize ego. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A stringer is an infrequent, paid, freelance contributor to a publication. ❋ Unknown (2005)

One week ago, a different stringer from the one who had been merely warned met with a much more tragic fate. ❋ Unknown (2005)

One of the things we ` re forgetting is that in this day in age a lot of so-called stringer photographers will knock on the door of, let ` s say magazine exhibition and say, I ` ve got a camera and I ` m willing to do just about anything to get you this picture. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Smashing in a 'word stringer alonger' kind of way. ❋ Rainandfire (2001)

This of course creates a tensional strain along the stringer, which is found as follows: -- Representing the applied weight by F B, Pl. II, Fig. 2, draw ❋ Unknown (N/A)

They were found on the stringer, which is the composite aluminum ring located on the top of the tank's intertank area. ❋ Jesus Diaz (2010)

That would be an indication that there might be a different problem other than the stringer itself having a flaw or a defect that would put us in that second family where the stringer was the victim here and not the cause. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For the uninitiated, a stringer is a freelance writer for newspapers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In journalism, a stringer is a type of freelance journalist who contributes reportage to a news organization on an on-going basis but is paid individually for each piece of published or broadcast work. ❋ Unknown (2008)

She climbed over the "stringer" at the end of her plank, and marched behind the young man as if oblivious of devouring eyes. ❋ Unknown (1913)

We discovered our feed in a narrow "stringer" a few miles on. ❋ Stewart Edward White (1909)

Some water stood in the pools here; and the cover was a little more dense, but consisted at best of but a "stringer" no wider than a city street. ❋ Stewart Edward White (1909)

Cross Reference for Stringer

What does stringer mean?

Best Free Book Reviews
Best IOS App Reviews