stripper

[ strip-er ]

/ ˈstrɪp ər /

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noun

a person who strips.

a thing that strips, as an appliance or machine for stripping.

Also called ecdysiast, exotic dancer, stripteaser. a person who performs a striptease.

a harvesting machine for stripping the seed heads from the stalks of grain.

a machine used in harvesting cotton to strip the bolls from the plants.

a chemical solution that removes varnish, paint, wax, etc., from a surface, as of furniture or flooring.

any of several rollers covered with card clothing that operate in combination with the worker rollers and the cylinder in the carding of fibers.

Printing. a worker who assembles and strips photographic negatives or positives for platemaking.Compare strip² (def. 10).

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Origin of stripper

First recorded in 1575–85; strip¹ + -er¹

OTHER WORDS FROM stripper

self-stripper, noun

Words nearby stripper

strip mining, strip out, strippable, stripped, stripped-down, stripper, strip poker, strip search, strip steak, stript, striptease

How to use stripper in a sentence

The show almost seems to be capitalizing on the Robin Hood spirit of Hustlers, the 2019 hit movie about a cabal of strippers who, with the aid of some illicit drugs, roofied their banker clients and maxed out their credit cards.
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Innovative design elements—such as a patented log stripper, heavy-duty log tables, auto throttle control, and engine guard—help you work more efficiently and safely.
These are the best log splitters to chop time and energy off splitting firewood|Irena Collaku|June 25, 2021|Popular-Science
Kenya’s diva antics and her relentless investigation into who might have slept with the stripper during a girls’ trip to South Carolina led to a fiery reignition of conflict with Porsha.
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Later that year, Tequila put out her followup record "Stripper Friends" and though it failed to chart, she was not deterred.
15 Singing Reality Stars|Jaimie Etkin|December 23, 2010|DAILY BEAST

The Stripper Stretch: in which I spread my legs and bent over repeatedly.
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British Dictionary definitions for stripper

stripper

/ (ˈstrɪpə) /

noun

a striptease artist

a person or thing that strips

a device or substance for removing paint, varnish, etc

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stripper

Origin of stripper

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