Shoestring Definition

sho͝ostrĭng
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

A long narrow cut of a food; a julienne.

Shoestring French fries.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
shoe stringshoe laceshoelacelatchetlacetie
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adjective
Like a shoestring; long and narrow.
Webster's New World
Of, operating on, or characterized by a small amount of money.
A shoestring budget.
Webster's New World
At, near, or around the ankles.
A shoestring catch, a shoestring tackle.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Shoestring

Noun

Singular:
shoestring
Plural:
shoestrings

Origin of Shoestring

Shoestring Sentence Examples

  • You've also got to laud the filmmakers ' considerable ambitions of attempting to flesh out a complex sci-fi opus on such a shoestring.

  • And we did it on a financial shoestring, with no secure budget.

  • The film was made on a shoestring budget by a hitherto unknown director.

  • Do n't wear a coat, even if there is snow on the ground, and ladies, shoestring straps are de rigeur.

  • As for the shoestring potatoes, they were described as a taste sensation - " I love ' em " - to be precise !

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