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
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At the time, paint strippers with methylene chloride could be bought at home-improvement stores nationwide.
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Jamie Smith Hopkins, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
Peter Van Sant: Did your mom stop working as a stripper?
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 11 May 2024
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Jamie Smith Hopkins, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
Peter Van Sant: Did your mom stop working as a stripper?
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 11 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for stripper
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“Stripper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stripper. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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stripper
noun
strip·per
ˈstrip-ər 
: a surgical instrument used for removal of a vein
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