Definitions for stringers

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stringers string·er

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IPA: /ˈstrɪŋ ər/

Stringers is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 327 anagrams from letters in stringers (eginrrsst).

Definitions for stringers

noun

1. a person or thing that strings.
2. a long horizontal timber connecting upright posts.
3. Architecture. string (def 15b).
4. Civil Engineering. a longitudinal bridge girder for supporting part of a deck or railroad track between bents or piers.
5. a longitudinal reinforcement in the fuselage or wing of an airplane.
6. Also called string correspondent. Journalism. a part-time newspaper correspondent covering a local area for a paper published elsewhere: Compare staffer (def 2).
7. a stout string, rope, etc., strung through the gills and mouth of newly caught fish, so that they may be carried or put back in the water to keep them alive or fresh.
8. a contestant, player, or other person ranked according to skill or accomplishment (used in combination):
9. Mining. a small vein or seam of ore, coal, etc.

Origin of stringers

late Middle English word dating back to 1375-1425; See origin at string, -er¹

Examples for stringers

Sowerby stared hard, and stringer scratched his chin, reflectively.

The real goal was going from this stringer service to become a network cameraman.

The British-born stringer likened Letterman to the satirical tradition of comedy in his home country.

A “stringer,” in the parlance of foreign correspondents, Sundaram sold stories to The New York Times and the Associated Press.

stringer emptied his glass of rum, and Sowerby disposed of his stout.

stringer depicts a country that is beset by complications of both past imperialism and current globalism.

“They always seem to be on the move,” said Rodrigo Soberanes, a stringer for AP in Veracruz.

"It's the rain that's doing it," said the man beside stringer.

At any rate, stringer is after him, but he's got next to nothing to go upon.

You, stringer, appear to think that Nurse Proctor is responsible.