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stripper

stripper

277 4.9
A performer who takes off clothes to give sexual entertainment
  • noun
  • /ˈstrɪpər/
  • NSFW
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  • Ben reluctantly digs in his pocket and holds out a bill to the stripper.
  • a female stripper

They say they got a lot of beautiful strippers up there and a lot of rain.

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Examples

  • I saw this stripper go all the way up this pole.

  • In 1997, Angie Jolie played a stripper in the video for the Rolling Stones.

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  • So I started dating another stripper and she knew something was going on.

  • I could work at a bar or be a stripper.

  • "Pardon me for asking, but did you learn how to dance after you became a stripper?"

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  • I worked with two strippers on a Wednesday night.

  • His first wife was now a stripper in a bar in Calgary.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Lilly Christine was a wonderful stripper called "The Cat Woman."

  • A crowd of lusty women cheer on a stripper in a fireman's suit.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • The audience cheered as the stripper gracefully danced to the music, revealing her costume piece by piece.

Synonyms

exotic dancer
vsstripper
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9 7.4

A person who dances for people in a sexual way, often taking off clothes

typically involves full undressing as the main erotic act
peeler
vsstripper
  • NSFW
2 9.7

A person who entertains others by taking off their clothes

has identical meaning but uses the standard common label
ecdysiast
vsstripper
  • NSFW
1 9.9

A performer who slowly undresses to sexually excite an audience

is the common everyday term rather than a literary one
striptease artist
vsstripper
  • Offensive
1 7.9

A person who slowly takes off their clothes to entertain people in a sexual way

focuses on providing erotic entertainment generally, not necessarily slow routine
stripteaser
vsstripper
  • Offensive
1 8.5

A performer who slowly takes off clothes on stage to entertain adults

is used more broadly for such performers in many settings

Compounds

stripper well
  • Specialized
1 9.6

An oil well near the end of its life that produces less than ten barrels a day

A hand tool that removes the covering from electric wires

Surface Forms

stripper singular
strippers plural

Morphology

stripper = strip (semi-transparent) = strip + er

While the base meaning is clear, the specific context of erotic performance is not directly derivable.

Etymology

Stripper comes from the verb strip meaning 'to remove clothes' and the ending -er meaning 'one who does it', so a stripper is someone who takes off clothes as part of a performance.