stringing noun2 •The act by which something is strung.One of the family's diversions was singing "quodlibets." These "what-you-wills" were simply stringings together of various melodies […] — 1948 •A defect in 3D printing where strings or whiskers of material are left on the finished product.When a printer is extruding and has open spaces in a layer, printers pull the filament back so that stringing does not occur. — 2015 formsstringings