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
The Duke case made national headlines after Mangum, a Black woman, accused lacrosse players David Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann of raping her at a party where she was hired to perform as a stripper.
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Jenna West, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
President-elect Donald Trump addressed the recent confession by former stripper and current murder convict, Crystal Mangum, who admitted this week to lying about being raped by three Duke lacrosse players in 2006.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 14 Dec. 2024
Tyler Perry’s latest drama intertwines the lives of Kimmie, a young stripper striving to escape her circumstances, and Mallory Bellarie, a businesswoman at the helm of a prominent haircare empire.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 14 Dec. 2024
Okay, this isn’t Domingo — Hernandez’s stripper has scurvy and gets thrown overboard.
—EW.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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Jenna West, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
President-elect Donald Trump addressed the recent confession by former stripper and current murder convict, Crystal Mangum, who admitted this week to lying about being raped by three Duke lacrosse players in 2006.
—Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 14 Dec. 2024
Tyler Perry’s latest drama intertwines the lives of Kimmie, a young stripper striving to escape her circumstances, and Mallory Bellarie, a businesswoman at the helm of a prominent haircare empire.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 14 Dec. 2024
Okay, this isn’t Domingo — Hernandez’s stripper has scurvy and gets thrown overboard.
—EW.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Stripper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stripper. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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stripper
noun
strip·per
ˈstrip-ər 
: a surgical instrument used for removal of a vein
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