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Definitions for Stripes
[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 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. 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.
[9] to mark or furnish with a stripe or stripes.
[10] a stroke with a whip, rod, etc., as in punishment.
[11] a strip of magnetic material on which information may be stored, as by an electromagnetic process, for automatic reading, decoding, or recognition by a device that detects magnetic variations on the strip: a credit card with a magnetic strip to prevent counterfeiting.
[12] a relatively long band of distinctive colour or texture that differs from the surrounding material or background
[13] a fabric having such bands
[14] a strip, band, or chevron of fabric worn on a military uniform, etc, esp one that indicates rank
[15] mainly US and Canadian kind; sort; type a man of a certain stripe
[16] (tr) to mark with a stripe or stripes
[17] a stroke from a whip, rod, cane, etc
Words related to Stripes
striperibbon, streak, division, layer, rule, decoration, band, stroke, fillet, bar, border, striation
Words nearby Stripes
trip poker, strip search, strip steak, strip-mine, strip-search, stripe, stripe rust, stripe smut, striped, striped bass, striped gopher
Origin of Stripes
21400–50; late Middle English; obscurely akin to stripe1
Other words from Stripes
stripe·less , adjective
Word origin for Stripes
C15: perhaps from Middle Low German strippe; related to stripe 1
Synonyms for Stripes
ribbon, band, banding, bar, border, decoration, division, fillet, layer, rule, streak, striation, stroke