stripper

noun

strip·​per ˈstri-pər 

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

An oilfield operator who owns small stripper wells in Oklahoma is nervous. —Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025

Back in the day, strippers came to a lot of the good rock shows. —Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2025

The only stripper who wasn’t a real stripper on set was Mikey. —Rachel Handler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025

This is why she’s been able to hold the screen with Mullally and that monkey, by the way, the former playing her father Eli’s new romantic interest, Lori, and the latter as BJ’s new service animal after a fall from a stripper pole resulted in a spinal-cord injury. —Brian Grubb, Vulture, 1 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1581, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for stripper

• chipper
• clipper
• dipper
• flipper
• gripper
• kipper
• nipper
• ripper
• shipper
• skipper
• slipper
• tipper

Medical Definition

stripper

noun

strip·​per ˈstrip-ər 

: a surgical instrument used for removal of a vein