wiper

noun

plural wipers

: a hybrid striped bass that is a cross between a female striped bass (Morone saxatilis) and a male white bass (Morone chrysops) and is silvery-white with dark usually discontinuous or irregular horizontal stripes along the sides

Note: The wiper has an aggressive nature and is bred chiefly as a sport fish for stocking lakes, streams, and reservoirs.

White bass and striped bass have solid stripes on their bodies. The hybrid fish, also called wipers or whiterock bass, have broken horizontal stripes, grow larger than white bass and are more tolerant of warm water than stripers.

—D'Arcy Egan

While wipers are far from unpalatable, their flesh is of a coarser texture and tastes a little more "fishy" than crappie or walleye fillets.

—Steve Davis

called also palmetto bass, whiterock bass

compare sunshine bass

Examples of wiper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Key maintenance tasks include checking tires, brakes, fluids, wipers, and the battery. —Danny Smith, USA Today, 4 June 2026

Industrial systems were accessed, firmware manipulated and wiper malware deployed, yet no blackout followed. —Joern Hackbarth, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

At the nose is a pronounced S-duct directing so much airflow that the wipers had to be vertically configured at the flanks of the windshield. —Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 25 May 2026

Replace the wiper blades and have a shop inspect the steering, suspension, and brakes. —John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs and Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

w- (from white bass) + (str)iper

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing wiper

• windscreen wiper
• windshield wiper

Rhymes for wiper

• diaper
• hyper
• piper
• riper
• sniper
• viper
• sandpiper