English Explanatory Dictionary

string up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To kill (a person) by hanging, especially to lynch.
  2. To die by hanging.
  3. To suspend by means of rope, cord or similar material.
  4. To concatenate; to link in a line.

Pronunciation

En-au-string up.ogg

Word forms

string up strings up stringing up strung up

Synonyms

hang scrag forhang Guy Fawkes ketch send to the scaffold stretch string up truss tuck up swing dance on a rope dance on nothing dance the hempen jig dance the Tyburn jig dance upon nothing dangle ride a horse foaled by an acorn stretch hemp take a ride to Tyburn trine wag hemp
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