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English-Russian sports dictionary. - Russkiy yazyk Media. I.V. Nechaev. 2006.
second string team
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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 — Ⅰ. second string ► NOUN ▪ an alternative resource or course of action in case another one fails. Ⅱ. ► second string a reserve team or player. Main Entry: ↑string … English terms dictionary
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 — second string, adj. second stringer, n. 1. Sports. the squad of players available either individually or as a team to replace or relieve those who start a game. 2. a secondary position, status, or group, as in a level of corporate management.… … Universalium
second-string — adjective being a replacement or substitute for a regular member of a team a second string pitcher • Similar to: ↑secondary * * * | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: from the phrase second string … Useful english dictionary
second string — A reference to a football or other team player who is a substitute rather than a regular first team player. The term derives from archery, and the reserve bow string carried by an archer. ‘Second string’ occurs as a vocative in North Dallas … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
second string — noun a squad of players that are available either individually or as a team to relieve or replace the players who started the game • Hypernyms: ↑team, ↑squad * * * ˌsecond ˈstring ; noun • Wilson was a second string for New Zealand in last … Useful english dictionary
second-string — adjective a) belonging to the second string of a team b) substitute or replacement … Wiktionary
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 — sec′ond string′ n. cvb spo the squad of players available either individually or as a team to replace or relieve those who start a game • Etymology: 1635–45 in sense “backup, resort,” alluding to a second bowstring sec′ond string′, adj. sec′ond… … From formal English to slang
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
