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second-string — adjective AMERICAN in sports, second string players are used only if the best players are not available: a second string quarterback … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
second-string — [sek′əndstriŋ′] adj. Informal 1. Sports that is the second or a substitute choice for play at the specified position 2. subordinate or inferior in rank, importance, etc. second stringer n. * * * See second string … Universalium
second-string — adj [only before noun] not regularly part of a team, group etc, but sometimes taking someone else s place in it ▪ the Vikings second string quarterback … Dictionary of contemporary English
second string — also second string N SING: oft N n If you describe a person or thing as someone s second string, you mean that they are only used if another person or thing is not available. ...a second string team. ...her second string horse … English dictionary
second string — adjective a) Not as good; of a lower quality or condition. I got a new pair of shoes, so I think Ill use the old, second string pair in my garden. b) In sports, a unit of players that plays behind the first string. Syn: junior varsity … Wiktionary
second-string — adjective a) belonging to the second string of a team b) substitute or replacement … Wiktionary
second-string — see second string … English dictionary
second string — Synonyms and related words: agent, alternate, alternative, analogy, back seat, backup, cast, change, changeling, common, company, comparison, complement, copy, counterfeit, crew, demeaning, deputy, disadvantaged, double, dummy, eight, eleven,… … Moby Thesaurus
second string — adj. being a substitute or replacement for a regular player (as on a team in sport games); available as a second choice … English contemporary dictionary
second-string — adjective Etymology: from the reserve bowstring carried by an archer in case the first breaks Date: 1922 being a substitute as distinguished from a regular (as on a ball team) … New Collegiate Dictionary
