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- [shoo-string]
- /ˈʃuˌstrɪŋ/
- /ˈʃuː.strɪŋ/
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- [shoo-string]
- /ˈʃuˌstrɪŋ/
Definitions of shoestring word
- noun shoestring a shoelace. 1
- noun shoestring a very small amount of money. 1
- noun shoestring shoestrings, shoestring potatoes. 1
- adjective shoestring consisting of or characterized by a small amount of money: living on a shoestring budget. 1
- noun shoestring lace of a shoe 1
- countable noun shoestring Shoestrings are long, narrow pieces of material like pieces of string that you use to fasten your shoes. 0
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Origin of shoestring
First appearance:
before 1610 One of the 40% oldest English words
First recorded in 1610-20; shoe + string
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Parts of speech for Shoestring
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shoestring popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
shoestring usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for shoestring
adj shoestring
- inconsequent — characterized by lack of proper sequence in thought, speech, or action.
- inconsequential — of little or no importance; insignificant; trivial.
- inconsiderable — small, as in value, amount, or size.
- little — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
adjective shoestring
- light — a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
- nothing — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- wimpy — of, relating to, or characteristic of a wimp.
- zero — the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
- zilch — zero; nothing: The search came up with zilch.
Antonyms for shoestring
Top questions with shoestring
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