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stripy

American  
[strahy-pee] / ˈstraɪ pi /

adjective

stripier, stripiest
  1. having or marked with stripes.


stripy British  
/ ˈstraɪpɪ /

adjective

  1. 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

Example Sentences

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Mr Kukoyi - whose first experience of the Doctor was one played by a stripy scarf-wearing Tom Baker - says his young daughters are not so taken with his beloved show.

From BBC May 10, 2025

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 Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

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