Used in a Sentence

stringer

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for stringer.

Editorial note

They are a boon to Hiro because they embody the worst stereotype of the CIC stringer.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of stringer gathered in one view.

noun

A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.

noun

Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.

noun

Someone who strings someone along.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for stringer.

noun

A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.

noun

Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.

noun

Someone who strings someone along.

noun

A small screw-hook to which piano strings are sometimes attached.

Example sentences

1

They are a boon to Hiro because they embody the worst stereotype of the CIC stringer.

2

Those geometric extrusion strings are more marketing than anything else (and shred your stringer's fingers).

3

Only sometimes.) #5 - as others said already, you can be smart and spare yourself some dumb work here and use golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer + go generate.

4

I mean, everyone's a stringer now, right?

5

I found it strange how they didn't mention the stringer tool[1] in #5 though.

6

In practice you won't be messing with the constants a huge amount, and if you're using something like stringer then it's easy to keep that in mind.

7

That's a 40-degree day, to use Stringer Bell's terminology.

8

I was a stringer for a small paper for while receiving cash payments.

9

I worked as a stringer for the local paper for some years.

10

I haven't spent much time looking into this, and haven't used it yet, but from the Stringer example, they're providing us with a tool to generate strings for enum values.

11

If you see //go:generate stringer -type Pill const ( Placebo Pill = iota Aspirin ) Then you'll probably remember when you add an item to the list that you need to rerun go generate.

12

If you're using stringer, you've opted into it by adding //go:generate lines to your source, and so if you're messing with your code you just have to remember to run `go generate` (or stick a comment near the constant definition to remind yourself).

Quote examples

1

As Stringer Bell so astutely put it on The Wire: "[Are] you taking notes on a criminal fucking conspiracy?"

2

Or worse: what if there's a tool called "stringer" on your device that isn't what is on the developer's machine?

3

Stringer Bell doesn't love "The Game" (meaning criminal enterprise).

4

I searched for "stringer" (the name of one of my open source projects) and I see "npmjs" "sourceforge" and "github" with a neutral smile-y face - what does that mean?

Proper noun examples

1

Stringer said, the pension funds have reported the performance of many of their investments before taking the fees paid to money managers into account.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use stringer in a sentence?

They are a boon to Hiro because they embody the worst stereotype of the CIC stringer.

What does stringer mean?

A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.

What part of speech is stringer?

stringer is commonly used as noun.