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Stripper
//stɹɪpɚ// noun, slang
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone who removes their clothing in a sexually provocative manner, especially as a form of paid entertainment.
- 2 an oil well whose production has declined to less than ten barrels a day wordnet
- 3 A chemical or tool used to remove paint, sheathing, etc. from something.
- 4 a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music wordnet
- 5 A tool used to strip tubing: to empty it by applying pressure to the outside of the tubing and moving that pressure along the tubing.
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- 6 a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books wordnet
- 7 A cow that has nearly stopped giving milk, so that it can be obtained from her only by stripping.
- 8 a chemical compound used to remove paint or varnish wordnet
- 9 A playing card that has been trimmed so that a cheat can recognise it from the back.
- 10 A stripper clip.
- 11 A base or entry-level trim level of a car model, lacking amenities or features found in higher trim levels. informal
- 12 Ellipsis of stripper plate. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Etymology
From strip + -er.
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