stripy

American

[strahy-pee] / ˈstraɪ pi /

adjective

stripier, stripiest

having or marked with stripes.

stripy British

/ ˈstraɪpɪ /

adjective

marked by or with stripes; striped

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of stripy

First recorded in 1505–15; stripe ¹ + -y ¹

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stripy stripier

We can just make out stripy ears in the dappled shade inside the Scottish wildcat enclosure.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

Models wore dresses and trousers slit at the front or side, stripy jumpsuits and cropped tops with long tight skirts.

From Reuters ● Feb. 14, 2023

The animal shares similarities with the common Kukri snake, a stripy, egg-eating reptile that isn’t venomous.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2021

Later, pajama looks, stripy and feminine, completed the collection.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2021

This stripy sad cat is maybe how he feels.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart

But the chap cudn', of cou'se; so he called another in breeches just as gay as hes own, on'y stripier; and then for up ten minutes 'twas Dover to pay, all talkers an' no listeners.

From The Astonishing History of Troy Town by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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