stripper

American  

[strip-er] / ˈstrɪp ər /

noun

1. a person who strips.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Printing. a worker who assembles and strips photographic negatives or positives for platemaking.

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stripper British  

/ ˈstrɪpə /

noun

1. a striptease artist

2. a person or thing that strips

3. a device or substance for removing paint, varnish, etc

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Other Word Forms

• self-stripper
  noun

Etymology

Origin of stripper

First recorded in 1575–85; strip ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The collectives I’m in, like the Stripper Co-op, take inspiration — working as a group toward a shared goal.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

In Miller’s reprisal of the Siren in “Prodigal Son” as well as in a new role, the Stripper in “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue,” she was more secure than usual, bringing strength to her radiance.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2022

Jones is not the first person who has been seen as a possible "Jack the Stripper" suspect.

From Fox News • Feb. 11, 2019

He was also in charge of the much-repeated classic in which Morecambe and Wise prepare breakfast to a soundtrack of David Rose's The Stripper.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2018

With Australian Stripper Harvesters Wheat is Harvested, Threshed and put into the Bag for 8 to 10 cents per bushel.

From Wheat Growing in Australia by Australia. Dept. of External Affairs