strip off clothing

  • 1strip off — verb a) To remove anything by stripping, e.g. items of clothing or paint from the side of a ship. Strip off thy garments; Neptunes fury brave /With naked strength, and plunge into the wave. b) To remove all of ones clothes (or sometimes to remove …

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  • 2strip — strip1 [strip] vt. stripped, stripping [ME strepen < OE stripan, akin to streifen, to strip off < IE * streub < base * ster , to streak, stroke > STRIKE] 1. to remove (the clothing or covering) of or from (a person); make naked;… …

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  • 3strip — strip1 /strip/, v., stripped or stript, stripping, n. v.t. 1. to deprive of covering: to strip a fruit of its rind. 2. to deprive of clothing; make bare or naked. 3. to take away or remove: to strip sheets from the bed. 4. to deprive or divest:… …

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  • 4strip — 1. noun /strɪp/ a) a long, thin piece of a bigger item b) a series of drawings, a comic strip 2. verb /strɪp/ a) To remove or take away. He was obliged to sell his silver piece by piece; next he sold the drawing room furniture. All the rooms were …

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  • 5Strip games — are variants of board games, card games, sports, or other games, usually involving more than one player, where players remove clothes when they lose points in the game. A classic example is strip poker, the strip variant of poker.In a strip… …

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  • 6Strip — Strip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stripped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stripping}.] [OE. stripen, strepen, AS. str?pan in bestr?pan to plunder; akin to D. stroopen, MHG. stroufen, G. streifen.] 1. To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder;… …

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  • 7strip — Ⅰ. strip [1] ► VERB (stripped, stripping) 1) remove all coverings or clothes from. 2) take off one s clothes. 3) leave bare of accessories or fittings. 4) remove (paint) from a surface with solvent. 5) …

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  • 8strip poker — n a game of ↑poker (=card game) in which players that lose must take off pieces of their clothing …

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  • 9Strip club — Exterior photograph of a strip club advertising full nude entertainment (Cheetahs, in San Diego, California USA). A strip club is an adult entertainment venue in which striptease or other erotic or exotic dance is regularly performed. Strip clubs …

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  • 10strip — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. divest, denude, decorticate, peel, skin, pull off; dismantle; plunder, fleece; dispossess, deprive; disrobe, undress; cut in strips. See stealing, divestment. n. hue, stripe, bend, fillet, shred; lath …

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