ALL meanings of strung out
strung out
S s - adjective strung out severely debilitated from alcohol or drugs. 1
- adjective strung out physically or emotionally exhausted. 1
- noun strung out a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line. 1
- noun strung out something resembling a cord or thread. 1
- noun strung out Also called cosmic string. Physics. a mathematical entity used to represent elementary particles, as gravitons, quarks, or leptons, in terms of a small but finite stringlike object existing in the four dimensions of spacetime and in additional, hypothetical, spacelike dimensions. The theory of such objects (string theory) avoids the many mathematical difficulties that arise from treating particles as points. 1
- noun strung out a narrow strip of flexible material, as cloth or leather, for tying parts together: the strings of a bonnet. 1
- noun strung out a necklace consisting of a number of beads, pearls, or the like threaded or strung on a cord; strand: She wore a double string of pearls. 1
- noun strung out any series of things arranged or connected in a line or following closely one after another: a string of islands; a string of questions. 1
- noun strung out a series of railroad cars coupled together but not constituting an entire train. 1
- noun strung out Journalism. a compilation of clippings of a stringer's published writings, submitted in request of payment according to an agreed space rate. 1
- noun strung out a group of animals, especially saddle horses, owned or used by one person: a string of polo ponies. 1
- noun strung out (in a musical instrument) a tightly stretched cord or wire that produces a tone when caused to vibrate, as by plucking, striking, or friction of a bow. 1
- noun strung out strings. stringed instruments, especially those played with a bow. players on such instruments in an orchestra or band. 1
- noun strung out a bowstring. 1
- noun strung out a cord or fiber in a plant. 1
- noun strung out the tough piece uniting the two parts of a pod: the strings of beans. 1
- noun strung out Architecture. a stringcourse. Also called stringer. one of the sloping sides of a stair, supporting the treads and risers. 1
- noun strung out Computers, Linguistics. a linear sequence of symbols, words, characters, or bits that is treated as a unit. 1
- noun strung out Billiards, Pool. a stroke made by each player from the head of the table to the opposite cushion and back, to determine, by means of the resultant positions of the cue balls, who shall open the game. Also called string line. a line from behind which the cue ball is placed after being out of play. 1
- noun strung out a complement of contestants or players grouped as a squad in accordance with their skill: He made the second string on the football team. 1
- noun strung out Usually, strings. conditions or limitations on a proposal: a generous offer with no strings attached. 1
- noun strung out Obsolete. a ligament, nerve, or the like in an animal body. 1
- verb with object strung out to furnish with or as with a string or strings: to string a bonnet; to string a bow. 1
- verb with object strung out to extend or stretch (a cord, thread, etc.) from one point to another. 1
- verb with object strung out to thread on or as on a string: to string beads. 1
- verb with object strung out to connect in or as in a line; arrange in a series or succession: She knows how to string words together. 1
- verb with object strung out Music. to adjust the string of (a bow) or tighten the strings of (a musical instrument) to the required pitch. to equip (a bow or instrument) with new strings. 1
- verb with object strung out to provide or adorn with something suspended or slung: a room strung with festoons. 1
- verb with object strung out to deprive of a string or strings; strip the strings from: to string beans. 1
- verb with object strung out to make tense, as the sinews, nerves, mind, etc. 1
- verb with object strung out to kill by hanging (usually followed by up). 1
- verb with object strung out Slang. to fool or hoax. 1
- verb without object strung out to form into or move in a string or series: The ideas string together coherently. 1
- verb without object strung out to form into a string or strings, as a glutinous substance does when pulled: Good taffy doesn't break—it strings. 1
- idioms strung out on a / the string, Informal. subject to the whim of another; in one's power; dependent: After keeping me on a string for two months, they finally hired someone else. 1
- idioms strung out pull strings / wires, to use one's influence or authority, usually in secret, in order to bring about a desired result. to gain or attempt to gain one's objectives by means of influential friends, associates, etc.: He had his uncle pull strings to get him a promotion. 1
- adjective strung out person: on drugs 1
- adjective strung out hung in a line 1
- adjective strung out person: stressed 1
- adjective strung out extended, prolonged 1
- adjective strung out If things are strung out somewhere, they are spread out in a line. 0
- adjective strung out If someone is strung out on drugs, they are heavily affected by drugs. 0
- adjective strung out addicted to a drug 0
- adjective strung out (of a drug addict) suffering or distressed because of the lack of a drug 0
- noun strung out suffering from the physical or mental effects of addiction to a narcotic drug 0
- noun strung out mentally exhausted or extremely nervous 0