stringer🔊

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.

(carpentry) 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.

(journalism) 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.

(sports) A person who plays on a particular string.

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

(1800s) A hard-hit ball.

(fishing) 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.

(obsolete) A libertine; a wencher.

(birdwatching) 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.