stripe
pronunciation
How to pronounce stripe in British English:
UK [straɪp]
How to pronounce stripe in American English:
US [straɪp]
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- Noun:
- a strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material
- a piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service
- V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service
- a kind or category
- a marking of a different color or texture from the background
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- Verb:
- mark with stripes
Word Origin
- stripe (n.1)
- "a line or band in cloth," early 15c., from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German stripe "stripe, streak," from Proto-Germanic *stripan (cognates: Danish stribe "a striped fabric," German Streifen "stripe"), cognate with Old Irish sriab "stripe," from PIE root *streig- "to stroke, rub, press" (see strigil). Of soldiers' chevrons, badges, etc., attested from 1827. Stripes for "prison uniform" is by 1887, American English.
- stripe (n.2)
- "a stroke or lash," early 15c., probably a special use of stripe (n.1), from the marks left by a lash. Compare also Dutch strippen "to whip," West Frisian strips, apparently cognate but not attested as early as the English word.
- stripe (v.)
- "ornament with stripes," early 15c., from stripe (n.1). Compare Middle Flemish stripen, Middle Low German and Middle Dutch stripen. Related: Striped; striping.
Example
- 1. Until recently it was thought that stripe rust reproducesasexually .
- 2. Aquiline nose : white clay arrow stripe to look more streamlined
- 3. The machines that mine these data are upending businesses of every stripe .
- 4. But congress soon realized that adding a new stripe for every new state was poor planning .
- 5. It was silver with a blue stripe and looked very pretty and technological .