Stars and Stripes

American  

noun

1. the national flag of the U.S., consisting of 13 horizontal stripes that are alternately red and white, representing the original states, and of a blue field containing 50 white stars, representing the present states.

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Stars and Stripes British  

noun

1. Also known as: the Star-Spangled Banner.  (functioning as singular) the national flag of the United States of America, consisting of 50 white stars representing the present states on a blue field and seven red and six white horizontal stripes representing the original states

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Stars and Stripes Cultural  

1. The national flag of the United States. Its fifty stars represent the fifty states; its thirteen stripes represent the thirteen colonies that became the original states.

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Example Sentences

The Japanese tried this on Iwo Jima, and the Stars and Stripes ended up flying over Mount Suribachi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Bavarian comedian Maxi Schafroth, 41, attempted to run up the Stars and Stripes on a flagpole near the cultural centre in Nuuk, before he was confronted by angry passers-by.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

Earlier this month, a traveling Stars and Stripes banner — the U.S.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2026

On opening day, Sept. 11, 1990, crowds of Muscovites gathered outside Pizza Hut waving tiny white flags—souvenirs decorated with the chain’s red roof logo, the Stars and Stripes, and the hammer and sickle.

From Slate • Nov. 13, 2025

Here I must explain the system of Stars and Stripes that we had at St Peter’s.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl