stringy
pronunciation
How to pronounce stringy in British English:
UK [ˈstrɪŋi]
How to pronounce stringy in American English:
US [ˈstrɪŋi]
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- Adjective:
- lean and sinewy
- (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
- forming viscous or glutinous threads
Word Origin
- stringy (adj.)
- 1660s, from string (n.) + -y (2). Related: Stringiness.
Example
- 1. The guy is stringy but is ripped like brad pitt !
- 2. This stringy mess is known as marine mucilage .
- 3. The dodder weed may look stringy and small , but don 't let that trick you .
- 4. The meat was brownish-grey and stringy .
- 5. The first dealer , dry and stringy , seemed now to see the pearl for the first time .