striper
pronunciation
How to pronounce striper in British English:
UK ['straɪpə]
How to pronounce striper in American English:
US ['straɪpə]
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- Noun:
- a serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate rank or years of service
- caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States
- marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone
Word Origin
- striper (n.)
- "striped bass," 1945, from stripe (n.1).
Example
- 1. When I was in seventh grade , I was a candy striper at a local hospital in my town .