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 toxicity of the chemical led the EPA to ban its sale as a paint stripper in 2019; in 2023 the agency proposed a ban of its sale for other consumer uses and many industrial and commercial uses, Doa said.
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Kristen Rogers, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
The thread, which details a trip King took to Florida with a stripper, went viral for its length and wild details like murder and attempted suicide.
—Conor Murray, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
The adult entertainment lounge has cold beer, friendly strippers and on Saturday from 8 p.m. until 11 p.m., will be showing the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight from multiple televisions.
—Chloe Herring, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Star Garden reopened in August, after a 15-month tussle during which club management fired more than a dozen dancers, contested the results of a union election held by strippers, filed for bankruptcy and closed its doors.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
The stripper tour drew a dangerous element (people trying to get into the clubs with weapons), and even resulted in her being arrested in Columbus, Ohio, by a cop who was a Trump supporter.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Mar. 2024
In 2018, the company dropped the Charlize Theron starrer Bombshell just two weeks before the start of production, leaving producers scrambling for new financing, and let go of the Jennifer Lopez stripper crime drama Hustlers.
—Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024
Showgirls, Paul Verhoeven's movie about strippers, which is fantastic, by the way.
—Michael Calore Lauren Goode, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2024
Before becoming the no-nonsense Novak, though, Neal — who got her start as a model for Ponds and Shiseido — had a guest appearance on SVU in 2001 as a woman who raped a male stripper.
—Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
Kristen Rogers, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
The thread, which details a trip King took to Florida with a stripper, went viral for its length and wild details like murder and attempted suicide.
—Conor Murray, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
The adult entertainment lounge has cold beer, friendly strippers and on Saturday from 8 p.m. until 11 p.m., will be showing the Mayweather vs. McGregor fight from multiple televisions.
—Chloe Herring, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
Star Garden reopened in August, after a 15-month tussle during which club management fired more than a dozen dancers, contested the results of a union election held by strippers, filed for bankruptcy and closed its doors.
—Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
The stripper tour drew a dangerous element (people trying to get into the clubs with weapons), and even resulted in her being arrested in Columbus, Ohio, by a cop who was a Trump supporter.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Mar. 2024
In 2018, the company dropped the Charlize Theron starrer Bombshell just two weeks before the start of production, leaving producers scrambling for new financing, and let go of the Jennifer Lopez stripper crime drama Hustlers.
—Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024
Showgirls, Paul Verhoeven's movie about strippers, which is fantastic, by the way.
—Michael Calore Lauren Goode, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2024
Before becoming the no-nonsense Novak, though, Neal — who got her start as a model for Ponds and Shiseido — had a guest appearance on SVU in 2001 as a woman who raped a male stripper.
—Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
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“Stripper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stripper. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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stripper
noun
strip·per
ˈstrip-ər 
: a surgical instrument used for removal of a vein
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