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
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Thurmon was also in attendance at the 2025 Grammys to watch Boone’s viral performance, which included a striptease assisted by Heidi Klum and Nikki Glaser, a skin-tight baby blue jumpsuit and several of his signature flips.
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Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
And in 1929, Lee made her first burlesque appearance — an unplanned performance after years as a vaudeville act — before going on to become the world’s most famous striptease artist.
—Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2025
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
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Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
And in 1929, Lee made her first burlesque appearance — an unplanned performance after years as a vaudeville act — before going on to become the world’s most famous striptease artist.
—Dan Kelly, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2025
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
See All Example Sentences for striptease
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“Striptease.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/striptease. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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