striptease

noun

strip·​tease ˈstrip-ˌtēz 

plural stripteases

: an act or dance in which a person gradually removes their clothing piece by piece in a seductive or provocative manner especially to the accompaniment of music

Examples of striptease in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Speaking about forgetting a line onstage as Kenickie in the original cast of Grease, and André De Shields, a Tony Award winner for Hadestown, telling a dirty anecdote about auditioning for The Full Monty, a show in which the actors do a striptease. —Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025

Helen Beck did a striptease act at Chicago’s 1933 World’s Fair. —Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025

Lady Gaga did a 16-minute striptease on the gala carpet in 2019. —Staff and Wire Reports, Boston Herald, 5 May 2025

The Dance of the Seven Veils, historically often a Gypsy Rose Lee-style striptease, is here a solemn parade of the seven Salomes, overseen by van den Heever and showing her years of abuse by Herod. —Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for striptease

• agrees
• appease
• bailees
• bougies
• burmese
• chemise
• chickpeas
• chinese
• cowpeas
• curies
• decrees
• degrees