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stripy

stripy

3 1.0
Having lines in different colors, like a shirt with blue and white lines
  • adjective
  • /ˈstraɪpi/
  • UK
: rayado
  • 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
60 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
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
streaky
vsstripy
4 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
barred
vsstripy
3 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 2.7

Having long thin lines or marks on a surface

is mainly used to mean deliberate decorative stripe patterns

Antonyms

solid
17 2.5

Not see-through and without gaps or holes

How Striped

banded
6 4.1
striped
60 1.0
stripy
  • UK
3 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.