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stripy

stripy

1 1.0
Having lines in different colors, like a shirt with blue and white lines
  • adjective
  • /ˈstraɪpi/
  • UK
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  • The shirt she wore was beautifully stripy, with alternating colors of blue and white.

And then some more little trousers, little stripy knitted ones.

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Examples

  • And then my dress is just this like row one stripy dress from ASOS.

  • A little stripy there, a little stripy here.

  • So this one's like a little bit more like stripy and like cool looking.

  • And it had this little piece of like stripy string on it.

  • Wear those stripy legs with pride.

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  • Next up is a little stripy body con dress.

  • This has a green base and then it has variation like stripy pink and white on the leaves.

  • So first thing I got is this stripy white and black bardo top.

  • But things like a stripy cardigan, you know, this is really lovely.

  • There are lines in the sweater; stripy lines in the boy's shirt clash against the brick lines.

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Synonyms

striped
vsstripy
9 1.0

With long lines of a different color, like on a shirt or animal

is the broad, neutral word for being decorated by parallel bands
streaky
vsstripy
6 4.4

Having thin lines and uneven patches of different color or texture, like marks on bacon and skin

is more regular and decorative, not uneven or patchy
pinstriped
vsstripy
4 3.6

Fabric with very thin, straight stripes often used for suits

is more general and not limited to very thin fabric lines
barred
vsstripy
3.5

Marked with stripes or bands of colour across the surface

is similar but applies broadly, not only to crosswise bands
streaked
vsstripy
2.7

Having long thin lines or marks on a surface

is mainly used to mean deliberate decorative stripe patterns

Antonyms

solid
53 2.5

Not see-through and without gaps or holes

How Striped

banded
4.1
striped
9 1.0
stripy
  • UK
1 1.0
pinstriped
4 3.6

Surface Forms

stripy positive
stripier comparative
stripiest superlative

Morphology

stripy = stripe (transparent) = stripe + y

Formed by the noun 'stripe' plus the productive adjectival suffix '-y' meaning 'having stripes', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Stripy comes from the common word stripe, meaning 'a long band' or 'line', plus the ending -y which means 'full of' or 'having'. So stripy means 'having stripes', an easy image to remember for a stripy shirt, rug, or toy.