present participle of pull strings

(music) When an acoustic guitar player makes the sound of strings strung with a pick distinguishable in their music.

(horticulture) A powered, hand-held garden implement that uses a rotating monofilament line to cut grass, etc., without damaging other objects.

(intransitive, idiomatic) To manipulate a situation, especially by asking favours of others; to use one's influence with others to attain a desired goal.

A scanty covering for the genitalia, with a thin strip of fabric that passes between the buttocks. / A type of loincloth or breech cloth.

(music) On a stringed musical instrument, the string that produces the note of G.

describing the members of a sports team who play regularly at the start of a match (rather than being substituted on)

(sports) A unit of players which is considered to have a secondary level of talent and which usually plays after the first string.

(idiomatic) Not as good; of a lower quality or condition.

the members of a sports team who play regularly at the start of a match (rather than being substituted on) / the first violinist in an orchestra.