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- Dictionaryshoestring/ˈʃuːstrɪŋ/
noun
- 1. a small or inadequate budget: informal "many early studies were done on a shoestring"
- 2. a shoelace. North American
adjective
- 1. (of a save or tackle in sport) near or around the ankles or feet, or just above the ground: North American "the Mets center fielder made a shoestring catch"
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1. : narrow and long like a shoestring. shoestring french fries. 2. : operating on, accomplished by, or consisting of a small amount of money or capital. a shoestring budget. Did you know?
(Definition of shoestring from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of shoestring. shoestring. We do not want politics run on a shoestring, leading to poor decisions, poor government and the discouragement of good people from coming into politics. From the. Hansard archive.
noun. 1. shoelace. 2. US. a small or barely adequate amount of capital. a business started on a shoestring.
adjective. consisting of or characterized by a small amount of money: living on a shoestring budget. shoestring. / ˈʃuːˌstrɪŋ / noun. another word for shoelace. informal. a very small or petty amount of money (esp in the phrase on a shoestring ) ( as modifier ) a shoestring budget.
Definition of shoestring noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A complete guide to the word "SHOESTRING": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
noun. Shoelace. Webster's New World. A small or barely adequate amount of capital. A business started on a shoestring. Webster's New World. The string or lace used to secure the shoe to the foot; a shoelace. Your shoestring is untied. Wiktionary. A tight budget; very little money. He did all that on a shoestring budget. Wiktionary.
