second string

second string

n.

The group of players that substitute for the starting players or from which substitute players are drawn on a sports team.

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second-string (sknd-strng) adj.

second-stringer (-strngr) n.

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second string

n

1. Chiefly Brit an alternative course of action, etc., intended to come into use should the first fail (esp in the phrase a second string to one's bow)

2. (General Sporting Terms) a substitute or reserve player or team

adj second-string Chiefly US and Canadian

1. (General Sporting Terms) Sport

a.  being a substitute player

b.  being the second-ranked player of a team in an individual sport

2. second-rate or inferior

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

second string - a squad of players that are available either individually or as a team to relieve or replace the players who started the game team, squad - a cooperative unit (especially in sports)