plural strippers
1
: someone or something that strips
paint/varnish strippers
: such as
a
: a person who acts or dances in a seductive provocative manner and gradually removes their clothing piece by piece especially to the accompaniment of music : stripteaser
b
: a machine that separates a desired part of an agricultural crop
2
: an oil well that produces 10 barrels or less per day
Examples of stripper in a Sentence
She worked as a stripper for a few years.
a can of paint stripper
Recent Examples on the Web
At the time, paint strippers with methylene chloride could be bought at home-improvement stores nationwide.
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Jamie Smith Hopkins, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
Peter Van Sant: Did your mom stop working as a stripper?
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 11 May 2024
Production on season three of the stripper drama from creator-showrunner Katori Hall has begun production in Atlanta and has promoted three actors to series regular, while also recruiting Mea Wilkerson to join the cast.
—Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024
While Tatum originally conceived the film’s premise, based on his own eight-month experience as a male stripper, Magic Mike wasn't intended as a biopic.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2024
The two Medieval Times dinner theaters were part of a wave of organizing in recent years at workplaces not traditionally represented by unions, such as strippers at a North Hollywood bar and baristas at Starbucks locations.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
The toxicity of the chemical led the EPA to ban its sale as a paint stripper in 2019; in 2023 the agency proposed a ban of its sale for other consumer uses and many industrial and commercial uses, Doa said.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
The thread, which details a trip King took to Florida with a stripper, went viral for its length and wild details like murder and attempted suicide.
—Conor Murray, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
The adult entertainment lounge has cold beer, friendly strippers and on Saturday from 8 p.m. until 11 p.m., will be showing the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight from multiple televisions.
—Chloe Herring, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Jamie Smith Hopkins, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
Peter Van Sant: Did your mom stop working as a stripper?
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 11 May 2024
Production on season three of the stripper drama from creator-showrunner Katori Hall has begun production in Atlanta and has promoted three actors to series regular, while also recruiting Mea Wilkerson to join the cast.
—Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 May 2024
While Tatum originally conceived the film’s premise, based on his own eight-month experience as a male stripper, Magic Mike wasn't intended as a biopic.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2024
The two Medieval Times dinner theaters were part of a wave of organizing in recent years at workplaces not traditionally represented by unions, such as strippers at a North Hollywood bar and baristas at Starbucks locations.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2024
The toxicity of the chemical led the EPA to ban its sale as a paint stripper in 2019; in 2023 the agency proposed a ban of its sale for other consumer uses and many industrial and commercial uses, Doa said.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
The thread, which details a trip King took to Florida with a stripper, went viral for its length and wild details like murder and attempted suicide.
—Conor Murray, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
The adult entertainment lounge has cold beer, friendly strippers and on Saturday from 8 p.m. until 11 p.m., will be showing the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight from multiple televisions.
—Chloe Herring, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
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“Stripper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stripper. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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stripper
noun
strip·per
ˈstrip-ər 
: a surgical instrument used for removal of a vein
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