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noun

Definition of stripnext
1
as in ribbon
a long narrow piece of material now tear the paper into strips and fold them up carefully

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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
About 15 minutes into the chase, as the driver drove northbound on Western, officers attempted to throw a spike strip in front of the vehicle’s tires to deflate them. — Jenny Jarvie follow, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Earlier this year, an open letter from agency leadership warned against using federal funds to buy harm reduction supplies like sterile syringes and pipes, or to distribute test strips for common drug supply contaminants. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
Verb
Yzerman’s fate is settled, and while Larkin remains with the team, the team formally stripped him of the captaincy to begin the season. — Max Bultman, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Cleansing should be the foundation of your body-care routine, but the goal is to clean and condition skin rather than leave it feeling stripped. — Ellie Beeck, PEOPLE, 16 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
  • Expect clothes to be folded, charging cables to be tied with a ribbon and a tray of soaps to meet your arrival to choose your preferred scent.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The ribbon cutting event was held at the 57,000 facility, which Northrop Grumman calls its Propulsion Innovation Center.
    — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of ribbon
Noun
  • But Buc-ee’s aggressive defense of its cartoon beaver logo represents an unusually bold effort to protect its brand identity.
    — Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 editorial cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of cartoon
Verb
  • The sisters become the fixation of a forklift-driving mouth breather (John Connors) and are photographed while undressing by a neighbor (Malcolm Adams) who climbs up on the roof across the street to spy on them.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
  • As one example of how this ropes in unwitting people who aren’t aware of the privacy risks of nearby glasses, the complaint cited one video where a user set down his Meta glasses on his nightstand, which then captured video of his wife undressing.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of undress
Verb
  • The pandemic closed the Vatican Museums for months, depriving the Holy See of one of its main sources of revenue.
    — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • That season, however, there was only a one-week break between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl, depriving the league of its normal buffer zone.
    — Michael Silver, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of deprive
Noun
  • Gal Gadot aside, the most prominent version of Wonder Woman etched in our collective cultural memory—the one from the classic comic strips and the TV series starring Lynda Carter—features her pointed tiara with a central red star.
    — Giorgia Olivieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The comic strip, featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the gang, was first introduced to the world in 1950.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 19 Aug. 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
  • The rare comic to release each of her first three specials to premium streamers, her last hour, Breadwinner, premiered on Hulu in October 2024.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Dave Chappelle has announced a slew of new arena dates as the comic is added to New York Comedy Festival as a headliner.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of comic

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“Strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strip. Accessed 18 Sep. 2026.

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