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Definition of Striptease
1. Noun. A performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music.
Generic synonyms: Performer, Performing Artist
Specialized synonyms: Gypsy Rose Lee, Lee, Rose Louise Hovick
Derivative terms: Peel, Strip, Stripteaser
2. Noun. A form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music. "She did a strip right in front of everyone"
Generic synonyms: Nude Dancing
Derivative terms: Strip, Strip, Stripteaser
Definition of Striptease
1. Noun. The act of slowly taking off one's clothes to sexually arouse the viewer, often accompanied by music and in exchange for money. ¹
2. Verb. To perform a ''striptease.'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Striptease
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Striptease
Literary usage of Striptease
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways by Jamie Jensen (2006)
"Despite the XXX-rated connotations of striptease, Exotic World (Tues.-Sun.
10 AM-4 PM; donations; 760/243-5261) is a fun place, not at all seedy or ..."
2. The Urban Condition: Space, Community, and Self in the Contemporary Metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"... and brothels have opened in motor homes along freeways, while in the us huge
striptease palaces have set up store in the suburbs of Sunbelt cities. ..."
3. All Too Familiar: Sexual Abuse of Women in U.S. State Prisons by Dorothy Q. Thomas (1996)
"65 Toni Locy, "7 DC Jail Guards Suspended in Cellblock Striptease," Washington
Post, August 4, 1995. 66 Interview, Brenda Smith, National Women's Law Center ..."
4. The Marshall Plan Summer: An Eyewitness Report on Europe and the Russians in by Thomas Andrew Bailey (1977)
"They reasoned, no doubt correctly, that more arousal was achieved in American
burlesque houses by the bump-and-grind gyrations of the striptease artists. ..."
5. The Future of Privacy by Perri 6 (1998)
"Celebrities live by a kind of striptease of their own privacy. Some quite ordinary
individuals long for the chance to divulge their private life to ..."
6. Limits of Tolerance: Freedom of Expression and the Public Debate in Chile by Sebastian Brett, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1998)
"Other programs vetoed in 1996 were a documentary on male striptease dancers (whose
subject matter was considered tasteless) and one on gold and copper ..."
7. Owed Justice: Thai Women Trafficked Into Debt Bondage in Japan by Kinsey Dinan (2000)
"... those who accompany the Colombian women to help them enter Japan; and those
who coerce the women to work in prostitution clubs and striptease theaters. ..."
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