strip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: strĭp
ipa: /stɹɪp/
rhymes: -ɪp
Forms: form: strips
Etymology: From alteration of stripe or from Middle Low German strippe, of uncertain ultimate origin, perhaps derived from a lost strong verb Proto-Germanic *strīpaną, with no clear cognates outside of Germanic except for Irish sríab (“line, stripe”).
Senses: examples: text: The countries were in dispute over the ownership of a strip of desert about 100 metres wide.
glosses: A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
examples: text: Papier mache is made from strips of paper.
text: Squeeze a strip of glue along the edge and then press down firmly.
text: I have some strip left over after fitting out the kitchen.
text: At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: First, marinate the tofu. In a bowl, whisk the kecap manis, chilli sauce, and sesame oil together. Cut the tofu into strips about 1cm thick, mix gently (so it doesn't break) with the marinade and leave in the fridge for half an hour.
ref: 2012 May 8, Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ottolenghi: The Cookbook, Random House, →ISBN, page 79:
glosses: A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively.
glosses: A comic strip.
glosses: A landing strip.
glosses: A strip steak.
glosses: A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities.
topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: The playing area, roughly 14 meters by 2 meters.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: The uniform of a football team, or the same worn by supporters.
topics: business
mining
glosses: A trough for washing ore.
examples: text: You learn, in 'Cleaning Arms,' how rust may cause a 'strip,' and how it must interfere with expansion. I need hardly say, that if the grooves be filled up, the rotation will be lost; or if the grooves be partially filled up, the rotation will be weak,
ref: 1862, Henry Charles Watson, Eight Lectures Delivered at the School of Musketry, Hythe, Being an Explanation of the 'theoretical Principles' as Laid Down in the Book of Musketry Instruction, page 78:
text: He has fired more than 100 rounds per barrel at a time, from nearly all the barrels converted on this system, without cleaning, and without having a strip, or failure as regards vertical accuracy.
ref: 1873 May 23, “Improved System of Rifling”, in English Mechanics and the World of Science, volume 17, number 426, page 241:
text: What struck me as very marvellous was that in the course of a day's firing, with so many varieties of "part" rifling, there was not a single strip; I expected to have seen some strips, for the ammunition was exceeding bad, independently of the novelty of the "part" system.
ref: 1874, J.B. O'Hea, “Rifles and Rifling”, in Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, volume 17, pages 367–368:
glosses: The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.
examples: text: ABC-TV this week put into effect its long anticipated plans to move into daytime programming in a bigger way by opening up its 4-5 across-the-board strip. The web is using its "Mickey Mouse Club," which is stoutly anchored in the 5-6 p.m. slot, as a backing up point for its afternoon expansion.
ref: 1955, Billboard, page 5:
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: A television series aired at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
topics: business
finance
glosses: An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one call and two put options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bearish than a straddle.
examples: text: You be throwing cash in the strip
My lil' bitch sucking dick for the free.
ref: 2022, Armani White, “Billie Eilish”, in Road to Casablanco:
glosses: A strip club.
Hyponyms: sense: long, thin piece of bacon
word: rasher
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from strip (noun)
word: airstrip
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word: bimetallic strip
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word: bimetal strip
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word: bi-metal strip
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word: breath strip
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word: cant strip
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word: Casparian strip
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word: chin strip
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word: clip strip
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word: comic strip
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word: curb strip
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word: daily strip
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word: devil's strip
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word: devil strip
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word: drag strip
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word: electronic strip
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word: feathering strip
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word: film strip
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word: Gaza Strip
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word: gym strip
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word: hell strip
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word: landing strip
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word: magnetic strip
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word: median strip
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word: Möbius strip
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word: nature strip
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word: New York strip
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word: nose strip
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word: panel strip
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word: peg-strip
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word: planting strip
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word: pore strip
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word: power strip
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word: ransom strip
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word: ripple strip
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word: rubbing strip
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word: rumble strip
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word: spike strip
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word: starter strip
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word: status strip
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word: strip bar
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word: strip cartoon
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word: strip cell
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word: strip club
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word: strip cropping
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word: strip farming
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word: strip joint
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word: strip-lit
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word: strip mall
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word: strip mine
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word: strip mining
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word: strip party
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word: strip sander
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word: strip search
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word: strip steel
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word: strip strategy
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word: Sunday strip
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word: tag strip
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word: tear a strip off someone
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word: tear someone off a strip
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word: ten-strip
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word: terminal strip
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word: Texas strip
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word: transition strip
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word: weather strip
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word: zombie strip