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stripteaser

stripteaser

1 8.5
A performer who slowly takes off clothes on stage to entertain adults
  • noun
  • /ˈstrɪpˌtiːzər/
  • Offensive
translation icon : bailarín de striptease
  • The club hired a talented stripteaser to perform at the Friday night show.

Examples

  • "Yael looked disconcerted, then in a burst of husky laughter, she cast the towel aside, with the flirtatious flourish of a stripteaser.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • And I told him that I wanted to see all the stripteasers in the joint.

  • Is this one of them stripteaser shows?

  • She's the leading stripteaser in America...

  • I talked yesterday with Sherry Britton, who was another leading stripteaser, and she said the following.

  • She was one of the stripteasers.

  • David is picked up, in succession, by a deaf-mute couple, a former stripteaser, and a man who sells rat poison.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Stripteasers, topless dancers, nude beaches, women taking showers.

  • During the performance, the stripteaser captivated the audience with her dance and gradual undressing.

  • Everyone watched in awe as the stripteaser danced gracefully to the music on stage.

Synonyms

stripper
vsstripteaser
  • NSFW
277 4.9

A performer who takes off clothes to give sexual entertainment

focuses on gradual undressing as a staged erotic performance
exotic dancer
vsstripteaser
  • NSFW
9 7.4

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

emphasizes slow undressing specifically rather than wider sensual dancing
peeler
vsstripteaser
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2 9.7

A person who entertains others by taking off their clothes

is the standard term rather than the informal or slangy label
striptease artist
vsstripteaser
  • Offensive
1 7.9

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

is the same but stresses gradual performance as entertainment
ecdysiast
vsstripteaser
  • NSFW
1 9.9

A performer who slowly undresses to sexually excite an audience

is the common word used for the same gradual undressing act

How Erotic

adult star
  • NSFW
1 6.7
stripteaser
  • Offensive
1 8.5
exotic dancer
  • NSFW
9 7.4
burlesque
  • NSFW
15 9.3

Surface Forms

stripteaser singular
stripteasers plural

Morphology

stripteaser = striptease (semi-transparent) = strip + tease + er

The word is built from the familiar performance term 'striptease' plus the agentive suffix '-er', but the occupational meaning is slightly lexicalized.

Etymology

The word stripteaser comes from the words strip ('to take off clothes') and tease ('to excite or tempt'). A helpful way to remember it is that a stripteaser 'teases' the audience by slowly 'stripping'.