to strip
- verb
- /strɪp/
- Specialized
- Be careful when using power tools; over-tightening can cause the screws to strip.
OK, so more torque for for strip screws, stuff like that.
- OK, so more torque for for strip screws, stuff like that.
Examples
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His forward progress had pretty much been stopped, but Linfield strips the ball and Forman recovers.
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Don't strip the threads.
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OK, so more torque for for strip screws, stuff like that.
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I didn't want to break it or strip the gears.
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And we did that a lot with the inflatables that you, if you use spur gears, strip the gears out.
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Using the wrong size screwdriver can make the screw heads strip and difficult to remove.
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If you don't use the right torque, you risk stripping the threads on the bolts.
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
- Specialized
To remove large areas of earth and rock to get minerals near the surface
Compounds
- NSFW
To make someone take off their clothes so police can check for hidden weapons or drugs
A tender cut of beef from the upper part of the cow's back often cooked as a steak
- Specialized
An open area where workers remove earth and rock to get minerals near the surface
- Offensive
A performance where a person slowly removes their clothes to music as a sexual display
- Specialized
A long thin band with a half twist whose ends join to form only one side
- Specialized
A thin strip of wood or metal that makes a flat surface for attaching boards
- Specialized
A simple place where planes land without airport buildings for emergencies or military landings
- Jargon
A state when planes and their crews are ready to take off immediately for defense
- Specialized
Long narrow light tubes, often LED or fluorescent, that give even light
- Specialized
Growing crops in narrow strips across a slope to stop soil washing away
- Specialized
A person who removes topsoil and rock with large machines to get coal or minerals
A simple card game for two players where one player tries to win all the other player's cards
How Damaged
Surface Forms
Etymology
When you strip a screw, you wear away its thread so it no longer works, keeping the idea of 'making bare' or 'taking away' the useful part. So a stripped screw has lost the part that let it hold.