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
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In the wild days of the late 1980s and 1990s, Brantley says, bars along Bourbon Street would pay strippers to show off their goods on the long gallery balconies lining the road, and host ceremonial light pole-greasings to stop revelers climbing them.
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Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2025
From a Jewish architect and a Brooklyn stripper to a couple of Ozian witches and a whole bunch of wannabe popes, this Oscar season is giving us everything.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
Ways to celebrate include hiring a stripper, throwing away useless gadgets (like photo scanners and paper shredders) and letting loose in a booze-clouded bubble before returning home for the holidays.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Based on Lee’s memoir, a rollicking recounting of her life growing up on the vaudeville circuit and pivot to wise-cracking stripper, the show, and its 1962 film adaptation, introduced audiences to Rose Hovick, a.k.a.
—Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
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Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2025
From a Jewish architect and a Brooklyn stripper to a couple of Ozian witches and a whole bunch of wannabe popes, this Oscar season is giving us everything.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
Ways to celebrate include hiring a stripper, throwing away useless gadgets (like photo scanners and paper shredders) and letting loose in a booze-clouded bubble before returning home for the holidays.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Based on Lee’s memoir, a rollicking recounting of her life growing up on the vaudeville circuit and pivot to wise-cracking stripper, the show, and its 1962 film adaptation, introduced audiences to Rose Hovick, a.k.a.
—Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Stripper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stripper. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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stripper
noun
strip·per
ˈstrip-ər 
: a surgical instrument used for removal of a vein
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