strip
1 of 2verb
ˈstrip 
stripped ˈstript also stript; stripping; strips
also stript; stripping; strips transitive verb
1
a
: to remove clothing, covering, or surface matter from
b
: to deprive of possessions
c
: to divest of honors, privileges, or functions
2
a
: to remove extraneous or superficial matter from
a prose style stripped to the bones
b
: to remove furniture, equipment, or accessories from
strip a ship for action
3
: to make bare or clear (as by cutting or grazing)
4
: to finish a milking of by pressing the last available milk from the teats
strip a cow
5
a
: to remove cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco)
b
: to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves)
6
: to tear or damage the thread of (a separable part or fitting)
7
: to separate (components) from a mixture or solution
8
: to press eggs or milt out of (a fish)
9
: to remove (a subcutaneous vein) by means of a surgical instrument
intransitive verb
1
a
: to take off clothes
… anxious to find the young man who stripped down to his boxer shorts and jumped in the river to save her dog.
Mike Byrne
Mike Byrne b
: to remove one's clothes gradually piece by piece in a seductive or provocative manner especially to the accompaniment of music : to perform a striptease
2
: peel sense 1
strippable
ˈstri-pə-bəl
adjective strip
2 of 2noun
1
a
: a long narrow piece of a material
b
: a long narrow area of land or water
2
: airstrip
3
: a commercially developed area especially along a highway
4
: comic strip
5
: striptease
Synonyms
Verb
- disrobe
- unclothe
- undress
Noun
- list
- ribbon
- slip
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Verb He stripped himself down to his underwear. The prisoners were stripped naked. She gets paid to dance and strip at the club. They stripped the table and refinished it. They stripped the room when they left. The building had been completely stripped of its original woodwork. Noun a small strip of cloth the half-mile strip of road See More
Recent Examples on the Web Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Aug. 2022 Still, confusion over the provision touched off a late scramble to strip it from the bill. Jeff Stein, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2022 Democrats immediately attacked Senators Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Marco Rubio of Florida, who are up for re-election, over their votes to strip a $35 insulin cap from the tax bill. Fortune, 7 Aug. 2022 Part of Wednesday’s drama was sparked by Flynn’s decision earlier this week to strip Arroyo of his council vice presidency and a pair of key committee chairmanships. Danny Mcdonald, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022 Hundreds of people are still in detention in Uzbekistan after deadly unrest this month in the republic of Karakalpakstan over a proposal to strip the region of its autonomous status, a rights group said. Reuters, CNN, 21 July 2022 But the Democratic effort to strip the Hyde Amendment is unlikely to succeed so long as the Senate’s 60-vote threshold to end a filibuster remains in effect. Erik Wasson, Bloomberg.com, 30 June 2022 But Hawley’s proposal to retroactively strip Disney of its existing copyrights is far more questionable. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 12 May 2022 Morant limped off with 6:19 remaining in the game after Poole grabbed at the knee on a play the Warriors guard said was simply an effort to strip the ball. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 10 May 2022 Mike Jordan, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2022 The strip club has been the stomping grounds for celebrities for decades, from Deion Sanders to Lil Baby. George Chidi, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2022 Faced with the harrowing news that father Frank has unexpectedly decided to stop by Paddy's Pub, Dee and Dennis set out in a rush, hoping to avoid talking to their wealthy but absent dad by racing drunkenly to the local strip club. Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2022 Following another ‘fit change, the crew moves the party to a strip club where the bills flow like water. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Aug. 2022 Among his set builds was the Wolford, a strip club. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 29 July 2022 Four people are wounded in a shooting at a strip club in Madison. jsonline.com, 29 July 2022 Floyd and Sharon left Georgia for Florida, where a similar pattern unfolded as Sharon — who found work in a local strip club — shared very little details about her life. Bethonie Butler, Washington Post, 13 July 2022 The trip, according to Sittenfeld’s attorneys, included a private jet, expensive hotel, yacht, booze, food and a visit to Tootsie’s Cabaret, a high-end strip club. cleveland, 28 June 2022 See More
Verb
Upon discovery of the photo, protests, letters and hearings quickly ensued, and in 2018, the decision was made to strip the actor’s name from the Fredric March Play Circle Theater in Madison. Laurie Brookins, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Aug. 2022 Still, confusion over the provision touched off a late scramble to strip it from the bill. Jeff Stein, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2022 Democrats immediately attacked Senators Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Marco Rubio of Florida, who are up for re-election, over their votes to strip a $35 insulin cap from the tax bill. Fortune, 7 Aug. 2022 Part of Wednesday’s drama was sparked by Flynn’s decision earlier this week to strip Arroyo of his council vice presidency and a pair of key committee chairmanships. Danny Mcdonald, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022 Hundreds of people are still in detention in Uzbekistan after deadly unrest this month in the republic of Karakalpakstan over a proposal to strip the region of its autonomous status, a rights group said. Reuters, CNN, 21 July 2022 But the Democratic effort to strip the Hyde Amendment is unlikely to succeed so long as the Senate’s 60-vote threshold to end a filibuster remains in effect. Erik Wasson, Bloomberg.com, 30 June 2022 But Hawley’s proposal to retroactively strip Disney of its existing copyrights is far more questionable. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 12 May 2022 Morant limped off with 6:19 remaining in the game after Poole grabbed at the knee on a play the Warriors guard said was simply an effort to strip the ball. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 10 May 2022 Noun
The building’s basement is still home to Atlanta’s oldest strip club, Clermont Lounge (from about $190 a night). Mike Jordan, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2022 The strip club has been the stomping grounds for celebrities for decades, from Deion Sanders to Lil Baby. George Chidi, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2022 Faced with the harrowing news that father Frank has unexpectedly decided to stop by Paddy's Pub, Dee and Dennis set out in a rush, hoping to avoid talking to their wealthy but absent dad by racing drunkenly to the local strip club. Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2022 Following another ‘fit change, the crew moves the party to a strip club where the bills flow like water. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Aug. 2022 Among his set builds was the Wolford, a strip club. Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 29 July 2022 Four people are wounded in a shooting at a strip club in Madison. jsonline.com, 29 July 2022 Floyd and Sharon left Georgia for Florida, where a similar pattern unfolded as Sharon — who found work in a local strip club — shared very little details about her life. Bethonie Butler, Washington Post, 13 July 2022 The trip, according to Sittenfeld’s attorneys, included a private jet, expensive hotel, yacht, booze, food and a visit to Tootsie’s Cabaret, a high-end strip club. cleveland, 28 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English strepen, strippen, from Old English -strīepan; akin to Old High German stroufen to strip
Noun
probably alteration of stripe entry 3
First Known Use
Verb
13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
Noun
1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Phrases Containing strip
Kids Definition
strip 1 of 2
verb
ˈstrip
stripped; stripping
1
: to remove clothes : undress
2
: to remove a covering or surface layer from
I'm stripping furniture for refinishing.
3
: to make bare or clear
They passed miles of naked grapevines, stripped of their harvest … Pam Muñoz Ryan, Esperanza Rising
Pam Muñoz Ryan, Esperanza Rising4
: to take away all duties, honors, or special rights
The soldiers were stripped of their rank.
5
: to remove all the contents (as equipment or accessories) from
Thieves stripped the car.
6
: to tear or damage the thread of (as a screw or bolt)
strip
2 of 2noun
: a long narrow piece or area
strips of bacon
a strip of land
Medical Definition
strip
transitive verb
ˈstrip
stripped ˈstript ; stripping
; stripping : to remove (a vein) by means of a stripper
stripping a varicose saphenous vein
Legal Definition
strip 1 of 3
transitive verb
stripped; stripping
: to divide (a debt security) into separately traded securities entitling the owner usually to either principal or interest alone from the obligation
strip
2 of 3noun
: a security traded separately from another after stripping
specifically : a derivative mortgage-backed security created by the segregation of cash flow from the underlying mortgages or other mortgage-backed securities and entitling the investor to a specified percentage (as 100 percent) of the interest or principal paid
STRIP
3 of 3noun
plural STRIPs
: a Treasury security that entitles the investor usually to payment of interest or principal exclusively and that is registered in a Federal Reserve bank under a federal program that provides for such separate trading of the components of U.S. Treasury obligations compare zero-coupon bond at bond sense 2
strip 1 of 2
noun
1
as in ribbon
a long narrow piece of material now tear the paper into strips and fold them up carefully Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- ribbon
- tape
- bandage
- list
- slip
- binding
- strap
- belt
- swathe
- swath
- slat
- band
- girth
- swatch
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 Synonyms & Similar Words
- cartoon
- comic strip
- comic
- funny
- animation
- graphic novel
- comic book
- animated cartoon
- caricature
- funny paper(s)
strip
2 of 2verb
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 Synonyms & Similar Words
- undress
- disrobe
- unclothe
- bare
- peel
- expose
- denude
- bark
- skin
- undrape
- divest
- flay
- uncover
- unveil
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- cover
- array
- dress
- garment
- gown
- deck
- costume
- vest
- dress
- apparel
- clothe
- rig (out)
- invest
- robe
- feather
- cloak
- drape
- furnish
- garb
- attire
- swathe
- mantle
- outfit
- caparison
- equip
- swaddle
- accouter
- accoutre
2
as in to deprive
to take something away from an indiscretion that resulted in her being stripped of her authority Synonyms & Similar Words
- deprive
- denude
- divest
- bereave
- defraud
- bankrupt
- cheat
- abate
- shortchange
- impoverish
- disfurnish
- clean (out)