stripe1
[strahyp]
- a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing: the stripes of a zebra.
- a fabric or material containing such a band or bands.
- a strip of braid, tape, or the like.
- stripes,
- a number or combination of such strips, worn on a military, naval, or other uniform as a badge of rank, service, good conduct, combat wounds, etc.
- Informal.status or recognition as a result of one's efforts, experience, or achievements: She earned her stripes as a traveling sales representative and then moved up to district manager.
- a strip, or long, narrow piece of anything: a stripe of beach.
- a streak or layer of a different nature within a substance.
- style, variety, sort, or kind: a man of quite a different stripe.
- Also called magnetic stripe. Movies. a strip of iron oxide layer on the edge of a film that is used for recording and reproducing a magnetic sound track.
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- to mark or furnish with a stripe or stripes.
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Origin of stripe1
stripe2
[strahyp]
- a stroke with a whip, rod, etc., as in punishment.
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Origin of stripe2
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Contemporary Examples
New moms and dads of every stripe want their kids to grow up healthy and happy and successful.
There were low-slung skirts, exposed midriffs and jutting hips, column dresses, and every kind of stripe you could imagine.
They look fearsome on the surface, and, yes, I and others of my stripe complain about the Democrats a lot.
Obstinate Congressional GOP and Supreme Court Conservatives Reject CompromiseMichael Tomasky
July 3, 2012
Profiteers of every stripe were involved in the contraband cotton trade, including many army officers.
Africa has skipped a technological generation, bypassing the landlines that stripe our Western skies for the wireless way.
Historical Examples
You will now find the wool has descended to the wide part of the stripe.
The Ladies' Work-Table BookAnonymous
The third stripe is the same, but, of course, the colors are different.
The Ladies' Work-Table BookAnonymous
Stripe: a longitudinal streak of color different from the ground.
Explanation of Terms Used in EntomologyJohn. B. Smith
His shirt is blue with a stripe of sunrise pink, and the collar to match.
PipefulsChristopher Morley
There was a suit of pyjamas of Hamilton's which had a stripe very near, but not quite.
BonesEdgar Wallace
stripe1
- a relatively long band of distinctive colour or texture that differs from the surrounding material or background
- a fabric having such bands
- a strip, band, or chevron of fabric worn on a military uniform, etc, esp one that indicates rank
- mainly US and Canadian kind; sort; typea man of a certain stripe
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- (tr) to mark with a stripe or stripes
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Word Origin
C17: probably from Middle Dutch strīpe; related to Middle High German strīfe, of obscure origin
stripe2
- a stroke from a whip, rod, cane, etc
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Word Origin
C15: perhaps from Middle Low German strippe; related to stripe 1
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Word Origin and History for stripe
n.1
"a line or band in cloth," 1620s (but probably much older), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German stripe "stripe, streak," from Proto-Germanic *stripanan (cf. Danish stribe "a striped fabric," German Streifen "stripe"), cognate with Old Irish sriab "stripe," from PIE root *streig- (see strigil). Of soldiers' chevrons, badges, etc., attested from 1827.
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n.2
"a stroke or lash," mid-15c., probably a special use of stripe (n.1), from the marks left by a lash. Cf. also Dutch strippen "to whip," West Frisian strips, apparently cognate but not attested as early as the English word.
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