Used in a Sentence

striper

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for striper.

Editorial note

Source: I spent countless hours de-icing large military aircraft as a one-striper, in an open bucket, in blizzards.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A device that applies stripes.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of striper gathered in one view.

noun

A device that applies stripes.

noun

(fishing) The striped bass, Morone saxatilis, a popular sport fish native to North America.

noun

(military, in combination) A person who is authorized to wear a certain number of stripes on his or her uniform.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for striper.

Example sentences

1

Source: I spent countless hours de-icing large military aircraft as a one-striper, in an open bucket, in blizzards.

2

Fluke and striper straight from the water to the oven.

3

Suppose you're a Striper and I'm a Dotter (from the deadly enemy Stripe and Dot tribes), but we both like to play guitar.

4

I would catch cod, striper and tuna depending on the season.

5

- My grandmother was an ER nurse her whole life (a candy-striper, etc, malpractice insurance investigations etc...) she was on some medications and grapefruit was a staple morning breakfast for my grandmother and grandfather...

6

So now you're entire system is under more oxidative stress, you're burning proteins and synthesising new ones at a high rate, is difficult to stay hydrated due to all these hydrogen atoms going missing, and one of the byproducts of some AA hydrogenation is ultimately acetone (paint striper).

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Well if you show up on my guitar forum I'll be 'who let that filthy Striper in here?!' and will interpret even innocent participation as attempts to stripe up the place, regardless of whether I have been trying to take it over for the Dots or not.

8

Whenever these discussions come up, I often think of a time I was driving on a two-lane road in rural Ohio in the 90s and at one point the center stripe curved into the lane (presumably because the driver of the striping truck pulled over without turning off the striper) and I started to curve off the road thanks to subconscious interpretation of the cue.

Quote examples

1

Answering my own question: a person who works at Stripe is a "Stripe", not a "Striper".

2

"Striper" is a letter away from an embarrassing typo.

3

Yes men can have unrealistic standards at times but if you ever go to your local strip club and see the low attractiveness of your average striper you will notice men can be a lot more "accepting".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use striper in a sentence?

Source: I spent countless hours de-icing large military aircraft as a one-striper, in an open bucket, in blizzards.

What does striper mean?

A device that applies stripes.

What part of speech is striper?

striper is commonly used as noun.