Definition of STRINGY

stringy

Adjective Satellite

  • lean and sinewy
  • (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew
  • forming viscous or glutinous threads
  • consisting of or containing string or strings

Adj

  • Composed of, or resembling, string or strings.
  • Tough to the bite, as containing too much sinew or string tissue.
  • Wiry, lean, scrawny.
  • Resembling or involving text strings.
  • Of a sighting, unlikely to be accurate; probably based on a misidentification, whether innocent or deliberate.

Adjective

  • Resembling string; tough and fibrous.

Examples

  • His Words With Friends tile rack felt stringy, full of odd letters that were hard to connect.
  • The meat was quite stringy.

Origin / Etymology

From string + -y.

Scrabble Score: 11

stringy: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
stringy: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stringy: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

stringy: valid Words With Friends Word