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stripe

1  [strahyp] ,noun, verb, striped, strip⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing: the stripes of a zebra.
2. a fabric or material containing such a band or bands.
3. a strip of braid, tape, or the like.
4. stripes,
a. a number or combination of such strips, worn on a military, naval, or other uniform as a badge of rank, service, good conduct, combat wounds, etc.
b. Informal. status or recognition as a result of one's efforts, experience, or achievements: She earned her stripes as a traveling sales representative and then moved up to district manager.
5. a strip, or long, narrow piece of anything: a stripe of beach.
6. a streak or layer of a different nature within a substance.
7. style, variety, sort, or kind: a man of quite a different stripe.
8. Also called magnetic stripe. Movies. a strip of iron oxide layer on the edge of a film that is used for recording and reproducing a magnetic sound track.
–verb (used with object)
9. to mark or furnish with a stripe or stripes.
Origin:
1620–30; < MD or MLG strīpe; see strip 2 , stripe 2

Related forms:
stripeless, adjective
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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Word Origin & History

stripe  (2)
"a stroke or lash," 1440, probably a special use of stripe (1), from the marks left by a lash. Cf. also Du. strippen "to whip," W.Fris. strips, apparently cognate but not attested as early as the Eng. word.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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