shoestring

shoe·string

shoelace
a small or barely adequate amount of capital: a business started on a shoestring

like a shoestring; long and narrow
of, operating on, or characterized by a small amount of money: a shoestring budget
Sports at, near, or around the ankles: a shoestring catch, a shoestring tackle

Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"shoestring." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 11 May 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/SHOESTRING>.

APA Style

shoestring. (n.d.). Retrieved May 11th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/SHOESTRING

shoestring

noun

See shoelace.
A small sum of money; capital that is barely adequate: a company that started on a shoestring.

adjective

Long and slender: shoestring potatoes.
Marked by or consisting of a small amount of money: a shoestring budget.

THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"shoestring." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 11 May 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/SHOESTRING>.

APA Style

shoestring. (n.d.). Retrieved May 11th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/SHOESTRING

Noun

(plural shoestrings)

the string or lace used to secure the shoe to the foot; a shoelace
Your shoestring is untied.
a tight budget; very little money
He did all that on a shoestring budget.
a long narrow cut of a food; a julienne
shoestring French fries

Origin

From shoe + string

English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"shoestring." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 11 May 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/SHOESTRING>.

APA Style

shoestring. (n.d.). Retrieved May 11th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/SHOESTRING

SentencesSentence examples

Sentence Examples

Whether you are parents furnishing a room for your college student or a student furnishing your room on a shoestring budget, finding cheap furniture for dorm rooms is a great way to stretch your furniture shopping dollars.
While most celebrities choose their glasses based upon specific designers, many knock off versions are available if you want to look like Eva on a shoestring budget.
The first step in any design project should be drawing up a budget, but if you need to accomplish your design goals on a shoestring, your budget is your best friend.
There is a huge range of wedding planning guide books available, from books about planning a wedding on a shoestring to books about planning lavish affairs.
Well, if you're looking for one-stop shopping for both movies and DVDs, or you want to rent on a shoestring budget, it certainly is a good choice.

Also Mentioned In

WORDS NEAR shoestring IN THE DICTIONARY