shoelace

[shoo-leys]

noun

1. a string or lace for fastening a shoe.

shoelace

/ ˈʃuːˌleɪs /

noun

1. a cord or lace for fastening shoes

Word History and Origins

Origin of shoelace¹

First recorded in 1640–50; shoe + lace

Example Sentences

His growing eccentricity, which included untied shoelaces and hair that spiked out in all directions, completed the stock image of a distracted scientist.

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Game 3 was a one-sided clunker, but Game 1, Game 2 and Game 4 all went to sudden-death OT —hockey’s equivalent of dangling you over a bridge by your shoelaces while laughing maniacally.

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Even when Sinner tapped into his normally impenetrable return game, Alcaraz found more variety, mixing in feathery drop shots and flicking balls off his shoelaces.

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TSA in July brought an end to decades of fumbling with shoelaces and pit stops at benches when it announced new procedures that allow passengers to keep their shoes on while passing through airport security.

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When the song ends, the band spend several minutes chaotically ad libbing to the crowd as Rosé struggles to tie an errant shoelace.

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