stringer — Kamus bahasa Inggris

Nomina

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

   Contoh

   Be content to put your trust in honest stringers.

2. Someone who strings someone along.

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

   Sinonim

   stringstringboardstringpiece

   Contoh

   Lebih banyak contoh (1)

   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.

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

   Sinonim

   stilerailstringstringboardstringpiece

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

6. 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.

   Contoh

   Lebih banyak contoh (1)

   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.

7. A person who plays on a particular string.

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

9. A hard-hit ball.

   Penggunaan

   • bahasa gaul

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

    Contoh

    "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.

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. A libertine; a wencher.

    Penggunaan

    • tidak dipakai lagi

    Contoh

    A whoreson tyrant! He has been an old stringer in's days

13. 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.

    Contoh

    [T]hose fellows know how to spot a stringer at work.

Nomina

1. a member of a squad on a team

   Istilah yang lebih umum

   playerparticipant

   Contoh

   a first stringer

   a second stringer

2. a worker who strings

   Istilah yang lebih umum

   worker

   Contoh

   a stringer of beads

3. brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull

   Istilah yang lebih umum

   bracebracing

4. a long horizontal timber to connect uprights

   Istilah yang lebih umum

   timber