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strip

/stɹɪp/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
  2. (usually countable, sometimes uncountable) A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively.
  3. A comic strip.
  4. A landing strip.
  5. A strip steak.
  6. A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities.
  7. The act of removing one's clothes; a striptease.
  8. (of games) Denotes a version of a game in which losing players must progressively remove their clothes.
  9. To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.
  10. (usually intransitive) To take off clothing.
  11. To perform a striptease.
  12. To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.
  13. To remove cargo from (a container).
  14. To remove (the thread or teeth) from a screw, nut, or gear, especially inadvertently by overtightening.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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