stringing

American  

[string-ing] / ˈstrɪŋ ɪŋ /

noun

1. a narrow band of inlay, as in a piece of furniture.

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Etymology

Origin of stringing

First recorded in 1610–20; string + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Ma was stringing peas at the kitchen table.

From Literature

That outlook produces the type of humor that isn’t going for reflexive laughter or stringing one rock solid punchline to the next.

From Salon

People without jobs are enduring longer searches, and millions of people are stringing together multiple gigs to get by.

From The Wall Street Journal

It would be some five years before generative artificial intelligence would be out in the wild, stringing together words as well as many humans.

From The Wall Street Journal

Turner, who has worked at the university since 2009, said the “stringing along” of layoffs has sent morale plummeting, which “inevitably is going to trickle down to the students.”

From Los Angeles Times