stripper

[ strip-er ]

noun

1. a person who strips. strip.
2. a thing that strips, strip, as an appliance or machine for stripping. strip.
3. Also called ecdysiast, exotic dancer, stripteaser. a person who performs a striptease.
4. a harvesting machine for stripping strip the seed heads from the stalks of grain.
5. a machine used in harvesting cotton to strip the bolls from the plants.
6. a chemical solution that removes varnish, paint, wax, etc., from a surface, as of furniture or flooring.
7. any of several rollers covered with card clothing that operate in combination with the worker rollers and the cylinder in the carding of fibers.
8. Printing. a worker who assembles and strips strip photographic negatives or positives for platemaking. Compare strip ²( def 10 ).

stripper

/ ˈstrɪpə /

noun

1. a striptease artist
2. a person or thing that strips
3. a device or substance for removing paint, varnish, etc

Other Words From

• self-stripper noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of stripper¹

First recorded in 1575–85; strip ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

“When you say Christmas, the first thing that typically comes to your mind isn’t strippers,” he quips.

From Los Angeles Times

In fact, you made your Broadway debut in “Gypsy,” as a stripper, Electra, and there was a lot to that name, wasn’t there?

From Los Angeles Times

A woman working as a stripper in New York falls in love with the son of a Russian billionaire.

From BBC

The film tells the story of a 23-year-old woman who is working as a stripper in New York when she meets the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch.

From BBC

She continued, "There is nothing going on. They have a pole in the middle of the dance floor. A stripper pole in the middle of the dance floor."

From Salon