shoestring

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃuːstɹɪŋ/
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• General-American: /ˈʃustɹɪŋ/
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• CMU ARPABET: SH UW1 S T R IH2 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The noun is derived from shoe + string. The adjective is derived from the noun, while the verb is derived from terms such as shoestring catch and shoestring tackle.

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: jalka- — of a catch or tackle: made near the ground, close to a player’s shoes
• Finnish: pitkulainen — object that is long and thin
• Bulgarian: жулиен (žulien) — long, narrow cut of a food — see also julienne
• Finnish: julienne — long, narrow cut of a food — see also julienne
• Finnish: tikku — long, narrow cut of a food — see also julienne
• French: julienne — long, narrow cut of a food — see also julienne
• French: allumette — long, narrow cut of a food — see also julienne
• Russian: соло́мка (solómka) — long, narrow cut of a food — see also julienne
• Bulgarian: ограничени средства (ograničeni sredstva) — very little money; a tight budget
• Czech: napjatý rozpočet — very little money; a tight budget
• Dutch: grijpstuiver — very little money; a tight budget
• Finnish: kengännauhabudjetti — very little money; a tight budget
• Finnish: taskuraha — very little money; a tight budget
• Russian: небольша́я су́мма де́нег (nebolʹšája súmma déneg) — very little money; a tight budget
• Russian: небольши́е сбереже́ния (nebolʹšíje sberežénija) — very little money; a tight budget
• Finnish: taklata alas — to tackle (a player) using a shoestring tackle
• Finnish: taklata jalkoihin — to tackle (a player) using a shoestring tackle
• Finnish: ottaa koppi matalalta — to catch (a ball) using a shoestring catch