Shoestring

Quick meaning: Shoestring is a noun meaning An object that is long and thin, like a shoestring (sense 1).

Meaning

An object that is long and thin, like a shoestring (sense 1).

More Meanings

1. Chiefly in on a shoestring: very little money; a tight budget.
2. (US, chiefly American football, baseball) Of a catch or tackle: made near the ground, close to a player's shoes.
3. (transitive, American football) To tackle (a player) using a shoestring tackle (“one made near the ground, close to a player's shoes”).
4. (transitive, baseball) To catch (a ball) using a shoestring catch (“one made near the ground, close to a player's shoes”).
5. (chiefly US) The string or lace used to secure a shoe to the foot; a shoelace.

Example Sentences

Your shoestring is untied.

He was able to organize the event on a shoestring.

I am ſure ſhe is not half ſo beautiful, and vvill even venture to ſay, that ſhe is not vvorthy to tie her majeſty's ſhoe-ſtrings.

As the 80s cult classic starring Madonna as a gorgeous grifter returns, director Susan Seidelman recalls capturing the zeitgeist on a shoestring budget[.]

Word Forms

• shoestrings
• shoestringing
• shoestringed

Synonyms for shoestring

Depending on context, synonyms include shoelace, shoe lace.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shoelace, shoe lace, lace, shoe-tie, shoelacing, latchet.

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