strip show
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5.7
- noun
- /strɪp ʃoʊ/
- Offensive
:
striptease
- Nathan suggested going to a real old-fashioned strip show where the girls took it all off, not these placid casino shows where all the showgirls looked like airbrushed plastic dolls.
- go to a strip show
Examples
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Many people go to the club specifically to watch the strip show and enjoy the entertainment.
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The venue advertised a special event featuring a famous performer in a strip show this weekend.
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My first Thanksgiving in New York, I went to Times Square and watched a strip show.
Blog text (9) -
So it's a strip show you perform for TSA?
Blog text (29) -
I mean, surely they don't have strip shows here.
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Some have strip shows; others offer music and dancing; still others are beer-and-tequila country-style Mexican bars.
Academic text (1991) -
She was excited to attend her first strip show at the vibrant downtown theater.
Synonyms
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7.6
A dance where a person slowly removes clothes to entertain an audience
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8.0
A performance where someone slowly takes off their clothes to music to entertain an audience
How Revealing
- Offensive
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5.7
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and predictably composed from 'strip' (to remove clothes) + 'show' (a staged event), so a B1 learner who knows both words would infer it denotes a performance in which someone strips. This straightforward noun-noun composition is common cross-linguistically and follows ordinary English compounding, making the expression transparent.
Etymology
Strip show comes from a literal image: a strip means 'to take off clothes' and a show is a 'performance'. So a strip show is a performance where someone slowly takes off clothes, usually to music, to excite an audience, and that's why the phrase means this kind of sexual entertainment.