plural strippers
1
: someone or something that strips
paint/varnish strippers
: such as
a
: a performer who removes their clothing piece by piece in a seductive provocative manner : 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
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Fern Brady walked into the Taskmaster house dressed like a stripper from Mars, then walked straight into the hearts of every fan of the show.
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Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 12 June 2026
The movie trilogy began with Steven Soderbergh's 2012 hit starring Tatum as a male stripper navigating life and ambition in Tampa.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
Our tools would be handsaws, bark strippers, and white plastic buckets.
—Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026
Beyond those features, the Captain's Crunch rounds out its list of 11 functions with regular pliers, standard and hard wire cutters integrated into the plier assembly, a wire stripper below on the swing arm between handles, and a pin vise function at the tips of the pliers.
—New Atlas, 4 June 2026
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Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 12 June 2026
The movie trilogy began with Steven Soderbergh's 2012 hit starring Tatum as a male stripper navigating life and ambition in Tampa.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
Our tools would be handsaws, bark strippers, and white plastic buckets.
—Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026
Beyond those features, the Captain's Crunch rounds out its list of 11 functions with regular pliers, standard and hard wire cutters integrated into the plier assembly, a wire stripper below on the swing arm between handles, and a pin vise function at the tips of the pliers.
—New Atlas, 4 June 2026
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“Stripper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stripper. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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stripper
noun
strip·per
ˈstrip-ər 
: a surgical instrument used for removal of a vein
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