strip
A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
Noun 4 meanings
A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
“The countries were in dispute over the ownership of a strip of desert about 100 metres wide.”
A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively.
“Papier mache is made from strips of paper.”
A comic strip.
A landing strip.
Verb 4 meanings
To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.
“Norm will strip the old varnish before painting the chair.”
To take off clothing.
“Seeing that no one else was about, he stripped and dived into the river.”
To perform a striptease.
“In the seedy club, a group of drunken men were watching a woman stripping.”
To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.
“The athlete was stripped of his medal after failing a drugs test.”
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”).
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STRIP at a glance
STRIP has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (S 1 + T 1 + R 1 + I 1 + P 3) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,836 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with strip
All rhymesOne letter away
- STRAP7
- STREP7
- SCRIP9
- STROP7
- STRIA5
- ATRIP7
- STRIG6
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