striper

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English

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Etymology

stripe +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • (rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈstɹaɪpɚ/
  • (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /ˈstɹaɪpə/
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Noun

striper (plural stripers)

  1. A device that applies stripes.
    We rented a line striper for the parking lot.
  2. (fishing) The striped bass, Morone saxatilis, a popular sport fish native to North America.
    I caught a striper today.
  3. (military) A person who is authorized to wear a certain number of stripes on his or her uniform.
    • 1956, Louis Reichers, The Flying Years, page 110:
      He's a four-striper, a group captain.

See also

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

striper m or f

  1. indefinite plural of stripe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

striper f

  1. indefinite plural of stripe

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Stripper or English stripper.

Noun

striper n (plural stripere)

  1. stripper

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /strîper/
  • Hyphenation: stri‧per

Noun

strȉper m (Cyrillic spelling стри̏пер)

  1. a maker of comic strips; cartoonist

Declension