Definition of g-string in English English dictionary
- A type of loincloth or breech cloth
- On a stringed musical instrument, the string that produces the note of G
- A scant covering for the genitalia, especially one worn by a stripper
- one of the strings on certain musical instruments (Music); thong, underwear that covers only the genitals
- A G-string is a narrow band of cloth that is worn between a person's legs to cover his or her sexual organs, and that is held up by a narrow string round the waist. a very small piece of underwear that covers only the sexual organs (Perhaps from G string , perhaps influenced by gee)
- minimal clothing worn by stripteasers; covering for the pubic area
- a garment that provides covering for the loins
- apron string
- A symbol of the binding of a husband or of his fortunes to domestic life or to his wife
- apron string
- One of the pair of strings or narrow sewn cloth strips used to fasten an apron around the wearer's waist
- apron string hold
- An estate held by a man during his wife's life
- cosmic string
- A cosmically-scaled string of mass-energy left over from the big bang as a topological defect in spacetime
- first string
- the members of a sports team who play regularly at the start of a match (rather than being substituted on)
- first string
- the first violinist in an orchestra
- first-string
- describing the members of a sports team who play regularly at the start of a match (rather than being substituted on)
- gob-string
- A bridle for a horse
- how long is a piece of string
- Used as a response to a question such as "How long will it take?" or "How big is it?" when the length or size is unknown, infinite, or variable
- leading-string
- Strings with which children were formerly guided while they were learning to walk
her lover treated me in all respects as a perfect infant. To say the truth, I wonder she had not insisted on my again wearing leading-strings.
- pull the string
- To throw an off-speed pitch, a change up, to cause the hitter to swing early and miss
- score string
- A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score
- second string
- In sports, a unit of players that plays behind the first string
- second string
- Not as good; of a lower quality or condition
I got a new pair of shoes, so I think I'll use the old, second string pair in my garden.
- second-string
- belonging to the second string of a team
- second-string
- substitute or replacement
- silly string
- Colored foam that streams out of a spray can, as a party favor
- string
- A stringed instrument
- string
- A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together
- string
- the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics
- string
- Such a structure considered as a substance
- string
- To put strings on (something)
It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.
- string
- A minigame of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail
- string
- Any similar long, thin and flexible object
a bowstring.
- string
- An ordered sequence of symbols or characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity
- string
- A slang term for cannabis or marijuana
- string
- The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments
- string
- A series of items or events
a string of successes.
- string
- A cohesive substance taking the form of a string
The string of spittle dangling from his chin was most unattractive.
- string
- The conditions and limitations in a contract collecively
no strings attached.
- string
- To put (items) on a string
You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.
- string band
- A music group consisting solely of stringed instruments
- string bands
- plural form of string band
- string bean
- A tall and thin person
- string bean
- A long, slender variety of green bean
Well, I rung the fallout shelter bell / And I leaned my head and I gave a yell / “Give me a string bean, I’m a hungry man” / A shotgun fired and away I ran.
- string beans
- plural form of string bean
- string cheese
- Any of various cheeses that can be peeled in strings or strips
- string distance
- Any of several metrics that represent the degree of similarity betwen two strings of characters
The string distance between 'here' and 'there' is 1 (insertion of a t).
- string distances
- plural form of string distance
- string ensemble
- A music group consisting solely of stringed instruments
- string hoppers
- rice vermicelli, as prepared in the cuisines of Sri Lanka and South India
- string instrument
- A musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings
- string orchestra
- A music group consisting solely of stringed instruments
- string quartet
- a musical composition for such a group
- string quartet
- a group of four musicians playing string instruments, usually two violins, a viola and a cello
- string sedge
- A sedge species, Carex chordorrhiza
- string sedges
- plural form of string sedge
- string someone along
- To accept romantic feelings from someone, reciprocating the statements and acts of love, while hiding one's own disinterest
- string theoretic
- based on, or inspired by, string theory
- string theories
- plural form of string theory
- string theory
- A candidate unified theory of all physical forces and particles; a theory which suggests that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings rather than zero-dimensional points. It also suggests that space-time can have up to nine dimensions, plus the dimension of time
String theory denies the existence of a hypothetical eleventh dimension.
- string trimmer
- A powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass etc without damaging other objects
- string trimmers
- plural form of string trimmer
- string up
- To suspend by means of rope, cord or similar material
He has scars on his ankles, feet and hands from where they strung him up with ropes and beat him.
- string up
- To kill by hanging, especially to lynch
After years of brutal repression, any member of Saddam's palace guard stands to be strung up from the nearest lamppost by a vengeful Iraqi populace.
- string up
- To die by hanging
And now, my friend, said the Captain, let us understand each other. You have confessed yourself a spy, and should string up to the next tree..
- string-net
- A proposed extended object whose collective behaviour is considered to model the existence and properties of some subatomic particles
- third string
- Of a decidedly lower quality or condition
- third string
- A unit of players that plays behind the first and second strings; a junior varsity team
- third-string
- a substitute or replacement
- third-string
- belonging to the third string of a team; one who plays behind the first and second strings
The young college quarterback was on the third-string, and played only during blowouts.
- latch string is always out
- (Ev ile ilgili) you are always welcome
No need to call before you come over. For you folks, the latch string is always out.
- string of bad luck
- (Ev ile ilgili) A series of events that are only bad luck
- string
- {n} a slender rope, cord, line, nerve, series, set
- string
- {v} to furnish with or put on strings, file, tighten
- aerosol string
- Silly String is a child's toy, generically known as aerosol string: a flexible, usually brightly-colored plastic string, which is shot as a stream of liquid from an aerosol can. The string sets quickly in mid-air, allowing one to shoot a continuous strand of it. Silly String is popular for usage during weddings, birthday parties, school carnivals and other festive occasions
- latch string
- (deyim) A warm welcome; a friendly greeting. Used in such phrases as "the latch string is out."
- latch string
- (deyim) A string that opens an old-fashioned door by lifting a small bar
- play the one string banjo
- (deyim) (Slang) Fart while wearing a thong
- second string
- (Spor) The group of players that substitute for the starting players or from which substitute players are drawn on a sports team
- silly string
- Silly String is a child's toy, generically known as aerosol string: a flexible, usually brightly-colored plastic string, which is shot as a stream of liquid from an aerosol can. The string sets quickly in mid-air, allowing one to shoot a continuous strand of it. Silly String is popular for usage during weddings, birthday parties, school carnivals and other festive occasions
- string bean
- Green beans (American English) or French beans (British English) are the unripe fruits of any kind of bean, including the yardlong bean, the hyacinth bean, the winged bean, and especially the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), whose pods are also usually called string beans in the northeastern United States, but can also go by snap beans. Varieties have been bred especially for the fleshiness, flavor, or sweetness of their pods. Smaller bean pods are often referred to by the French name haricots verts. Apparently, the Pea is also classed as a Green Bean in the USA
- string together
- (deyim) Connect things, such as beads, together, as with string
My pearls broke and I had to take them to a jeweler to have them strung together again.
- the latch string is out
- (deyim) A warm welcome; a friendly greeting. Used in such phrases as "the latch string is out."
Mary has her latch siring out for everyone who comes.
- Apron string
- cord used to tie an apron at the waist
- apron string
- The string of an apron. Usually used in the plural with tied to indicate complete control or dominance: a grown man still tied to his mother's apron strings
- ball of string
- string which is rolled up into a round ball
- character string
- group of characters that make up a distinct unit of information
- cosmic string
- Any of numerous very long and thin alterations or topological defects in space hypothesized to have resulted from the Big Bang and to have made possible the conglomeration of mass into structures such as galaxies and the unequal distribution of mass in the universe
- first string
- A group of players that play regularly or start games for a sports team
- first string
- regular players or players that start games for a sports team
- first-string
- of the regular members of a team; not substitutes; "first-string players"
- first-string
- of members of a team; not substitutes
- first-string
- a first-string player in a team plays when the game begins because they are the most skilled second-string
- gee-string
- loincloth, cloth worn over the genitals; small cloth covering held over the genitals by a thin cord (often worn by striptease dancers)
- harp on the same string
- dwell tediously on the same subject, repeat oneself
- init string
- string sent to a modem which contains commands which determine the modem's configuration
- puppet on a string
- doll that is manipulated by means of strings attached to its limbs; person or group whose actions are controlled by another
- purse string
- a drawstring used to close the mouth of a purse
- second string
- If you describe a person or thing as someone's second string, you mean that they are only used if another person or thing is not available. a second string team
- second string
- {s} being a substitute or replacement for a regular player (as on a team in sport games); available as a second choice
- second-string
- being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team
- second-string
- not regularly part of a team, group etc, but sometimes taking someone else's place in it
- shoe-string
- short string used for tying shoes
- string
- A string of things is a number of them on a piece of string, thread, or wire. She wore a string of pearls around her neck. a string of fairy lights
- string
- The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans
- string
- An instance of the String class Strings consist of zero or more Unicode characters, and they are immutable, once created A literal string is written between a pair of string delimiters ("), as in "hello, world"
- string
- move or come along
- string
- story
- string
- A contiguous sequence of characters
- string
- In computing, a string is a particular series of letters, numbers, symbols, or spaces, for example a word or phrase that you want to search for in a document
- string
- If something is offered to you with no strings attached or with no strings, it is offered without any special conditions. Aid should be given to developing countries with no strings attached. no-strings grants that last for five years
- string
- A hoax; a trumped-up or "fake"
- string
- a collection of objects threaded on a single strand
- string
- The strings are the section of an orchestra which consists of stringed instruments played with a bow. The strings provided a melodic background to the passages played by the soloist There was a 20-member string section
- string
- a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"
- string
- To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc
- string
- A hoax; a trumped-up or "fake" story
- string
- Any sequence of words or characters on a line
- string
- If you string something somewhere, you hang it up between two or more objects. He had strung a banner across the wall. String up means the same as string. People were stringing up decorations on the fronts of their homes. see also highly strung, purse strings, second string, strung out
- string
- A string of places or objects is a number of them that form a line. The landscape is broken only by a string of villages A string of five rowing boats set out from the opposite bank
- string
- remove the stringy parts of; "string beans"
- string
- The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically pl
- string
- A sequence of 1's and 0's (See, it's not just physicists who plumb Nature's deepest secrets -- we computer scientists theorize about strings as well!)Note: For simplicity, one usually assumes that every character in a string is either 1 or 0, but strings over larger alphabets can also be considered
- string
- thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
- string
- A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string
- string
- A sequence of characters
- string
- A string of similar events is a series of them that happen one after the other. The incident was the latest in a string of attacks
- string
- A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together
- string
- A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root
- string
- Any long, thin and flexible object
- string
- This is series of characters; text
- string
- To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin
- string
- stretch out or arrange like a string
- string
- An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it
- string
- The points made in a game
- string
- stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well"
- string
- a connected nonbranching sequence of line segments specified as the ordered sequence of points between those line segments Note: A string may intersect itself or other strings
- string
- See String, n
- string
- In various indoor games, a score or tally, sometimes, as in American billiard games, marked by buttons threaded on a string or wire
- string
- The line or cord of a bow
- string
- a lightweight cord a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed a collection of objects threaded on a single strand a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases) a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding; "a string of islands"; "train of mourners"; "a train of thought"
- string
- a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed
- string
- A datum consisting of a sequence of characters, such as `I am a string' Constant strings are written with double-quotes in the awk language, and may contain escape sequences See section Constant Expressions
- string
- a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening; "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag"
- string
- {f} furnish with strings; tie with a string; hang or suspend; stretch from one point to another; thread onto a string (i.e. beads); arrange in a series; stretch, extend
- string
- To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it
- string
- To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads
- string
- A sequence of elements of the same nature, such as characters considered as a whole For example, character string, binary string, and hexadecimal string
- string
- the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme
- string
- A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments
- string
- A string is a kind of Lisp data object which contains a sequence of characters Many Emacs variables are intended to have strings as values The Lisp syntax for a string consists of the characters in the string with a `"' before and another `"' after A `"' that is part of the string must be written as `\"' and a `\' that is part of the string must be written as `\\' All other characters, including newline, can be included just by writing them inside the string; however, backslash sequences as in C, such as `\n' for newline or `\241' using an octal character code, are allowed as well
- string
- A sequence of text characters The details of string representation depends on implementation, and may include character sets that support international characters and graphics
- string
- a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc
- string
- string together; tie or fasten with a string; "string the package"
- string along
- move or come along
- string along
- If you string someone along, you deceive them by letting them believe you have the same desires, beliefs, or hopes as them. She took advantage of him, stringing him along even after they were divorced
- string band
- orchestra with chord instruments
- string bean
- String beans are vegetables similar to French beans, but thicker. = runner bean. a type of long thin green bean
- string bean
- green beans with strings that must be removed
- string bean
- green bean
- string bikini
- extremely small bathing suit, minimal bathing suit which leaves no room for imagining
- string cheese
- cheese formed in long strings twisted together
- string edit
- change made to a string of characters, change made to a block of characters that act as one unit (Computers)
- string instrument
- {i} musical instrument whose sounds are created via strumming or plucking on their strings
- string manipulation
- performing different valuations of strings (Computers)
- string of pearls
- necklace made of pearls, chain of pearls
- string of words
- a linear sequence of words as spoken or written
- string orchestra
- musical ensemble made up of only stringed instruments (violins, cellos, etc.)
- string orchestra
- an orchestra playing only string instruments
- string out
- set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series; "the houses were strung out in a long row"
- string out
- {f} draw out; extend; prolong; spread out, stretch in a line or series (as houses in a long row)
- string puppet
- doll which is attached to a string
- string quartet
- A string quartet is a group of four musicians who play stringed instruments together. The instruments are two violins, a viola, and a cello. a recital by the Borodin String Quartet
- string quartet
- an instrumental quartet with 2 violins and a viola and a cello
- string section
- the section of an orchestra that plays stringed instruments
- string tie
- a very narrow necktie usually tied in a bow
- string up
- To string someone up means to kill them by hanging them. Guards rushed into his cell and strung him up
- string up
- add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical"
- string up
- kill by hanging; "The murdered was hanged on Friday"