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Stripe

//stɹaɪp// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun

1
A long region of a single colour in a repeating pattern of similar regions.
"zebra stripes"
2
an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material wordnet
3
A long, relatively straight region against a different coloured background.
"8 Sep 2019, Peter Conrad in The Guardian, Sontag: Her Life by Benjamin Moser review – heavyweight study of a critical colossus At first, what mattered was the sparky contents of Sontag’s head; by the end she was best known for the way she wore her hair – that saturnine battle helmet of dyed black, with a single stripe left white at the temple like a Frankensteinian lightning bolt of intellect."
4
a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background wordnet
5
The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces. in-plural

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6
a kind or category wordnet
7
Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort. informal
"persons of the same political stripe"
8
V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service wordnet
9
A long, narrow mark left by striking someone with a whip or stick; a blow or lash with a whip, stick, or scourge.
"Thou most lying slave, Whom stripes may move, not kindness!"
10
a piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service wordnet
11
A slash cut into the flesh as a punishment.
"But if there were any one who tried and could not make her laugh, he would have three red stripes cut out of his back and salt rubbed into them and, sad to relate, there were many sore backs in that kingdom."
12
A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.
13
Any of the balls marked with stripes in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the spots.
14
A portion of data distributed across several separate physical disks for the sake of redundancy.
15
The start/finish line. slang

Verb

1
To mark with stripes. transitive
2
mark with stripes wordnet
3
To lash with a whip or strap. transitive
"I did try to ask questions and talk to Nanny but different things but that was considered "Talking back" or sassing which resulted in the striping of the legs or mashing of one's mouth, and then being put in the dark closet until the crying stopped."
4
To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English stripe, strype, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German strîpe, from Proto-West Germanic *strīpā, *strīpō, from Proto-Germanic *strīpô. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Striepe (“stripe, strip”), West Frisian stripe (“stripe”), Dutch streep (“stripe”), German Low German Striepe, Striep, Streep (“stripe”), German Streifen (“stripe, strip, band”), Danish stribe (“stripe”).

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