stringy
adjective
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stringier;
stringiest
Definition of stringy
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Examples of stringy in a Sentence
a tough, stringy piece of meat
stringy hair that clearly needs a good washing
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His stringy long locks of the early 2000s have been replaced by an Ivy League cut. — Sabra Ayres, Los Angeles Times, "How Russia’s biggest rock star gets away with speaking truth to power (a.k.a. Putin)," 30 Aug. 2019 And the clean grill marks etched across chicken breast painted with chipotle and cilantro sauces were just window dressing for meat that came out dry and stringy. — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, "Review: Aldaco’s Mexican Cuisine restaurant is mid-level Mexican food in San Antonio’s Stone Oak," 22 Aug. 2019 The style has about an inch of dark roots, lash-grazing bangs, and the wet, almost stringy texture. — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, "Camila Cabello Just Went Platinum Blonde," 9 July 2019 Weak gravity appears to bridge the gap, linking quantum gravity to the other quantum forces that govern particles in the universe, and possibly favoring a stringy approach over a loopy one. — Quanta Magazine, "Where Gravity Is Weak and Naked Singularities Are Verboten," 20 June 2017 The man with the club got off three decisive swings, connecting meatily with the young man’s limbs and torso as the young man flailed backward off the sofa and tried to cram his entire stringy body in under a tabletop. — Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, "The Alps," 22 July 2019 The upshot is that string theory today includes much that no longer seems stringy. — Quanta Magazine, "The Strange Second Life of String Theory," 15 Sep. 2016 The two yarnys, as they're called, depend on each others' stringy bodies to perform various acrobatic feats and avoid obstacles, such as animals and nature hazards. — Robert Carnevale, WIRED, "Party Time! 12 Amazingly Addictive Couch Co-op Games," 22 June 2019 Remove the seeds and stringy fibers with a metal spoon or ice cream scoop. — Karen Berner, Good Housekeeping, "How to Make Homemade Pumpkin Puree to Use In Your Favorite Fall Recipes," 18 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stringy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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stringy
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of stringy
: containing long, thin pieces that are like string and that are hard to chew
of hair
: long, thin, and dirty
: having long, thin muscles
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stringy
adjective
\ ˈstriŋ-ē
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\
stringier;
stringiest
Kids Definition of stringy
: containing, consisting of, or like string
stringy meat stringy hair
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