"pullstring" meaning in All languages combined

See pullstring on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: pullstrings [plural]
Etymology: From pull + string. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pull|string}} pull + string Head templates: {{en-noun}} pullstring (plural pullstrings)
  1. A cord that activates or releases something when pulled.
    Sense id: en-pullstring-en-noun-NV2L0Dzd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pull",
        "3": "string"
      },
      "expansion": "pull + string",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pull + string.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pullstrings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pullstring (plural pullstrings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1975, Gazette Du Bureau Des Brevets:",
          "text": "The toy includes a pullstring phonograph and a mechanism for preventing inward movement of the string until the predetermined operation is performed.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Debra Porter, Lucid Dream: A Healing Allegory, page 36:",
          "text": "These crates were constructed to unload the wood with a pullstring. Like puppets, the wood danced in the air as it was unloaded.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cord that activates or releases something when pulled."
      ],
      "id": "en-pullstring-en-noun-NV2L0Dzd",
      "links": [
        [
          "cord",
          "cord"
        ],
        [
          "activate",
          "activate"
        ],
        [
          "release",
          "release"
        ],
        [
          "pull",
          "pull"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pullstring"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pull",
        "3": "string"
      },
      "expansion": "pull + string",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pull + string.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pullstrings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pullstring (plural pullstrings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1975, Gazette Du Bureau Des Brevets:",
          "text": "The toy includes a pullstring phonograph and a mechanism for preventing inward movement of the string until the predetermined operation is performed.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Debra Porter, Lucid Dream: A Healing Allegory, page 36:",
          "text": "These crates were constructed to unload the wood with a pullstring. Like puppets, the wood danced in the air as it was unloaded.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cord that activates or releases something when pulled."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cord",
          "cord"
        ],
        [
          "activate",
          "activate"
        ],
        [
          "release",
          "release"
        ],
        [
          "pull",
          "pull"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "pullstring"
}

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