stripe
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3.2
- noun
- /straɪp/
:
galón
- Kid, you just earned your stripes.
And, and the twist on marine coin is, is I want you to tell every marine that they'll get an extra marine coin, you know, when they, when they get their next stripe.
- And, and the twist on marine coin is, is I want you to tell every marine that they'll get an extra marine coin, you know, when they, when they get their next stripe.
- An officer, an SLR with the spot and the stripe like this danger, giving it to him.
Examples
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The brown mule with the black stripe running down its spine came up to them.
Fiction book (1996) -
One piece has the gray-green stripe of a Depression-era cafeteria mug.
Fiction book (2001) -
Remind me to put a red stripe on your belt tomorrow.
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All I ever wanted was to earn my stripes.
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Austin waves his hands, and a 1974 red Ford Torino with a white stripe pulls over.
Fiction book (1999) -
It took me years to get these stripes, and I'm not peeling them off for you.
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Dick is a big square-headed blond in a letterman's sweater that has three stripes and two pins.
Fiction book (2002) -
The soldier proudly displayed his medals and stripes on his uniform.
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When John received his promotion, he was excited to wear the new stripes indicating his rank.
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To become an officer, you must earn your stripes through years of dedicated service.
Synonyms
25
7.1
A badge worn to show official rank or group membership
10
4.9
A V-shaped badge on a uniform sleeve that shows a person's rank or how long they served
3
6.6
A V-shaped badge used on uniforms to show rank
A narrow strip of cloth on a uniform sleeve that shows years of service
A V-shaped badge on a sleeve that shows a military person's rank and years of service
A stripe on a uniform showing how many years someone has served
A short stripe on a uniform that shows years of service
A badge worn on a uniform that shows a person's military rank
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A narrow strip of cloth on a uniform sleeve that shows years of service
How Visible
- Jargon
1
6.8
- US
4
9.3
3
6.6
41
3.2
153
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stripe originally meant a long, narrow 'strip' of cloth and comes from the old English word strip; armies used these cloth strips as badges on uniforms, so a military stripe is literally a cloth strip that shows rank or service.