stripy

[ strahy-pee ]

/ ˈstraɪ pi /

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adjective, strip·i·er, strip·i·est.

having or marked with stripes.

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Origin of stripy

First recorded in 1505–15; stripe¹ + -y¹

Words nearby stripy

strip search, strip steak, stript, striptease, stripteaser, stripy, strive, striving, strobe, strobe light, strobe lighting

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How to use stripy in a sentence

But the probes map the gravitational field along North-South line, which makes the data look stripy.
Glaciers Lose 204 Billion Tons of Ice in Three Years|Matthew R. Francis|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cut the pandoro into ½ inch slices; this should give you about eight long stripy slices in total.
Ham, Green Bean Casserole, Easy Trifle|The Daily Beast|December 23, 2008|DAILY BEAST
Then she settled in perpetuity in front of the television, knitting overtight stripy jumpers.
I'm Not The Sort of Man Who Goes To Prostitutes|Louis Bernières|October 18, 2008|DAILY BEAST
It was a sad room enough, with its pale blue, stripy-patterned paper, its rickety old furniture and its feeble pictures.
The Secret Glory|Arthur Machen

It is supposed to be a clouded animal—not stripy, but blotchy, like a tortoise-shell tom-cat.
The Day's Work, Volume 1|Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for stripy

stripy

stripey

/ (ˈstraɪpɪ) /

adjective stripier or stripiest

marked by or with stripes; striped

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