shoestring

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The string or lace used to secure a shoe to the foot; a shoelace.

   “Your shoestring is untied.”

2. isim An object that is long and thin, like a shoestring (sense 1).
3. isim A long, narrow cut of a food; a julienne.

   “shoestring French fries”

4. isim Chiefly in on a shoestring: very little money; a tight budget.

   “He was able to organize the event on a shoestring.”

5. sıfat Of a catch or tackle: made near the ground, close to a player's shoes.
6. fiil To tackle (a player) using a shoestring tackle (“one made near the ground, close to a player's shoes”).
7. fiil To catch (a ball) using a shoestring catch (“one made near the ground, close to a player's shoes”).

   “We didn't score in our half of the eighth, but it was only because Ernie's line drive was shoestringed by the Giant left fielder, with Rusty Howarth on second.”