striptease

[strip-teez]

noun

1. a burlesque act in which a dancer removes garments one at a time to the accompaniment of music.

verb (used without object)

stripteased, stripteasing 

1. to do a striptease.

striptease

/ ˈstrɪpˌtiːz /

noun

1. 1. a form of erotic entertainment in which a person gradually undresses to music

   2. ( as modifier )

      a striptease club

Other Word Forms

• stripteaser noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of striptease¹

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40; strip ¹ + tease

Word History and Origins

Origin of striptease¹

from _strip ¹ + _tease

Example Sentences

From documenting the lives of women performing striptease at rural American fairs to chronicling the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua, her work provides an intimate portrait of resilience and humanity.

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Two stagehands came onstage and removed the dress as Dreyfuss mimicked a striptease before putting on a blazer and taking his seat ahead of the screening.

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Two stagehands appear and remove the dress as Dreyfuss mimics a striptease before putting on a blazer and taking his seat ahead of the screening.

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He repeats this bit of striptease after committing his first murder, a distillation of Delon’s startling violent eroticism.

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Peeling off his jacket, he flung it across the stage in a partial striptease.

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