stripe1 |
a relatively long, narrow band or strip distinguished from the surrounding area or surface by color, texture, or the like. [5 definitions] |
stripe2 |
a stroke or lash made with a whip or similar object, usu. inflicted as punishment. |
striped bass |
a silvery North American food and game fish with blackish stripes on each side. |
striper |
the striped bass. |
stripling |
a male adolescent; youth. |
strip mining |
an open-cut method of mining, esp. for coal, in which the rock and earth covering a mineral deposit, usu. near the surface, are removed by bulldozing. |
stripper |
someone or something that strips. [2 definitions] |
strip-search |
to require (a person such as a prisoner or suspect) to remove all clothing and be searched. [2 definitions] |
strip steak |
a cut of boneless porterhouse. |
striptease |
a form of entertainment in which a performer disrobes to the accompaniment of music. [2 definitions] |
stripy |
having or marked with stripes; striped. |
strive |
to try or work hard; exert oneself. [2 definitions] |
strobe |
(informal) see "stroboscope." |
strobila |
the long, jointed body of a tapeworm, not including the head. |
strobilus |
in botany, the reproductive structure of most gymnosperms. |
stroboscope |
any device used to study, measure, balance, or otherwise alter the motion of a moving, rotating, or vibrating body by making it appear to slow down or stop with the use of pulsed bursts of light or by viewing it through intermittent openings in a revolving disk. |
strode |
past tense of stride. |
stroganoff |
of meat, cooked with sour cream, onions, and mushrooms. |
stroke |
an act or instance of striking. [13 definitions] |
stroke oar |
the oar that is located nearest the stern of a racing shell. [2 definitions] |
stroll |
to walk slowly and without a definite goal or purpose, as for exercise or pleasure. [3 definitions] |