shoestring

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃuːstɹɪŋ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃustɹɪŋ/ Hyphenation: shoe‧string === Noun === shoestring (plural shoestrings) (chiefly US) The string or lace used to secure a shoe to the foot; a shoelace. (figuratively, often attributively) An object that is long and thin, like a shoestring (sense 1). (cooking) A long, narrow cut of a food; a julienne. Chiefly in on a shoestring: very little money; a tight budget. ==== Coordinate terms ==== bootstring ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === shoestring (not comparable) (US, chiefly American football, baseball) Of a catch or tackle: made near the ground, close to a player's shoes. ==== Derived terms ==== shoestring catch shoestring tackle ==== Translations ==== === Verb === shoestring (third-person singular simple present shoestrings, present participle shoestringing, simple past and past participle shoestringed) (transitive, American football) To tackle (a player) using a shoestring tackle (“one made near the ground, close to a player's shoes”). (transitive, baseball) To catch (a ball) using a shoestring catch (“one made near the ground, close to a player's shoes”). ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === shoelace on Wikipedia.Wikipedia shoestring (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “shoestring, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2022. “shoestring, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.