stripper
/'stripə/
Definition
- Noun:
- A performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music: A person, typically in a nightclub or similar venue, who removes their clothing in a sexually suggestive manner as a form of entertainment.
- A chemical compound used to remove paint or varnish: A liquid or gel substance designed to soften, dissolve, or peel away old finishes like paint, varnish, or lacquer from a surface.
- A worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books: A person employed in the tobacco industry to prepare leaves for cigar production.
- An oil well whose production has declined to less than ten barrels a day: A well in the petroleum industry that yields a very small, marginal amount of oil.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Performer):
- The club hired a new stripper for the weekend show.
- She worked as a stripper to pay for her university tuition.
- Noun (Chemical):
- Use a paint stripper to remove the old layers before repainting the door.
- The varnish stripper emitted strong fumes, so we opened the windows.
- Noun (Tobacco Worker):
- The factory employs dozens of strippers to process the tobacco leaves.
- Noun (Oil Well):
- The field is now mostly populated by stripper wells that produce just a few barrels daily.
Advanced Usage
- "Stripper well": A specific term in the oil industry for a low-producing well.
- Operating a stripper well is often only marginally profitable.
- The term "stripper" by itself most commonly refers to the performer. In other contexts (industrial, chemical), it is often part of a compound noun (e.g., "paint stripper") for clarity.
Variants and Related Words
- Strip (verb): To remove a covering, layer, or clothing.
- Striptease (noun): The performance or act of undressing erotically; a synonym for the entertainment provided by a stripper.
- Paint stripper (noun): The specific chemical product.
- Stripper clip (noun): A device for holding ammunition to speed the loading of a firearm's magazine (a different, unrelated meaning).
Synonyms
- Performer: Ecdysiast, exotic dancer, peeler (informal).
- Chemical: Remover, solvent.
- Worker: Processor (in the tobacco context).
- Oil well: Marginal well, low-productivity well.
Related Phrases
- "Stripper pole": The vertical pole used by a performer in their act.
- She practiced her routine on the stripper pole for hours.
- "Stripper well": As defined above in the oil industry context.
Noun
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an oil well whose production has declined to less than ten barrels a day
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a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music
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a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books
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a chemical compound used to remove paint or varnish
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