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Definition of Stripper
1. Noun. A chemical compound used to remove paint or varnish.
2. Noun. A worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books.
3. 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, Striptease, Striptease
4. Noun. An oil well whose production has declined to less than ten barrels a day.
Definition of Stripper
1. n. One who, or that which, strips; specifically, a machine for stripping cards.
2. n. A cow that has nearly stopped giving milk, so that it can be obtained from her only by stripping.
Definition of Stripper
1. Noun. One who removes their clothing, especially as a form of paid entertainment. ¹
2. Noun. A chemical or tool used to remove paint, sheathing, etc. from something. ¹
3. Noun. A tool used to strip tubing: to empty it by applying pressure to the outside of the tubing and moving that pressure along the tubing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stripper
1. one that strips [n -S] - See also: strips
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stripper
Literary usage of Stripper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Shop Practice: A General Reference Work by Howard Monroe Raymond, American Technical Society (1917)
"Spot the stripper and drill the hole clear through both the stripper and the ...
Then bore the hole in the stripper to fit that portion of the punch that ..."
2. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"The stripper: One of the most efficient, and economical inventions contributed
to the steel business is the stripper. As its name indicates, it is a device ..."
3. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"The stripper: One of the most efficient and economical inventions contributed to
the steel business is the stripper. As its name indicates, it is a device ..."
4. Helping Your Child Get Ready for School: With Activities for Children from by Nancy Paulu (1993)
"... perhaps using stripper oil. We could put back the 28 million barrels the
administration sold from SPR. But the Department of the Interior could consider ..."
5. Transactions of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers by National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association (1905)
"Our additional stripper on top of cylinder takes out larger leaf and removes ...
This extra stripper enables.us to run our tops one third slower and at the ..."
6. Cotton Ginners Handbook edited by W. S. Anthony, William D. Mayfield (1995)
"Both types of stripper harvesters use screw-type augers and pneumatic ...
The initial cost and operating cost are less for the stripper than they are for ..."
7. Transactions of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers by National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association (1903)
"This additional stripper makes a low type of card stripping but the regular and
second strippings are ... Brackets which hold bearing of stripper rod. No. ..."
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