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noun

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as in ribbon
a long narrow piece of material now tear the paper into strips and fold them up carefully

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2
as in cartoon
a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story a cartoonist who uses his daily strip to make his political points

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strip

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verb

ˈstrip How to pronounce strip (audio)
1
as in to undress
to remove clothing from the nurse told the nervous mother to strip her screaming baby down to his diaper for the exam

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2
as in to deprive
to take something away from an indiscretion that resulted in her being stripped of her authority

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Recent Examples of strip
Noun
The 10-ounce Kansas City strip steak comes smothered in steak butter for $40. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026 Inside, plastic gives way to brushed aluminum and Alcantara upholstery – a synthetic suede-like fabric– and the classic circular dials are reborn as digital displays set into a horizontal aluminum strip. — New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
Borrowing from nature By reusing its body parts for dual roles, the design team stripped the robot down to just three actuators and three primary sensors. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026 The accused were sometimes seriously punished—stripped and whipped in a town square. — S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for strip
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strip
  1. ribbon
  2. cartoon
  3. undress
  4. deprive
  5. comic strip
  6. disrobe
  7. comic
Noun
  • The long sleeves also packed on the drama with an exaggerated cuff and flowing fabric ribbons.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Then there was Florence Pugh, who continues to embrace soft romance with delicate, sumptuously blonde waves tied up with a sweet black ribbon.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of ribbon
Noun
  • Perhaps like one’s heart crisply split in two, spilling its squelched juices, like the baobab fruit broken open by the stylish monkey in The Lion King, my favorite vintage cartoon.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Related Stories Cruise, declaiming every line, acting with blind bluster and a mean gleam of good-ol’-boy joy, makes Digger a walking cartoon — a larger-than-life satire of over-the-top American arrogance, like LBJ crossed with Foghorn Leghorn.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of cartoon
Verb
  • Jordende Pierre, 29, was arrested Thursday in Malden, Massachusetts, after the woman was found earlier this month in the attic of an apartment building, undressed on a mat and lying near a bucket of urine, according to CNN affiliates WCVB and WFXT.
    — Alex Stambaugh, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The women recall Haworth summoning them to a garage where they were pressured to undress and have fully nude photos taken of themselves as rock ‘n’ roll music blared.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of undress
Verb
  • Using a tarp to control weeds is an easy method that works by depriving the plants of light, water, and oxygen.
    — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The expansion of the allegations just weeks before trial and the delay in his arraignment, Sanon’s lawyers argue, deprive him of adequate notice and time to prepare.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of deprive
Noun
  • The Peanuts advent calendar arrives on the heels of the comic strip’s 75th anniversary in 2025.
    — Tim Chan, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The name traces back to Mary Jane, a fictional character in Richard Felton Outcault’s Buster Brown comic strip which debuted in 1902, who often appeared wearing the now iconic shoe style.
    — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of comic strip
Verb
  • The game starts with a 60-second contest to disrobe mannequins decked out in layered bras.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 30 June 2026
  • With an increasing number of thrift stores closing dressing rooms (a move often made to discourage theft), some people disrobe right there in the open.
    — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 22 June 2026
Definition of disrobe
Noun
  • In a story based on his Staten Island upbringing, the comic plays Scott, a 24-year-old high school dropout grappling with the loss of his firefighter father, who died in a blaze when Scott was 7.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Super low ceilings that actually get lower closer to the comic.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of comic

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“Strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strip. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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