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stringing

verb

Meaning

  1. To put (items) on a string.
  2. To put strings on (something).
  3. To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
  4. To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
  5. To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
  6. The act by which something is strung.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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