Strip Strɪp Narrow Noun Cut Senses Middle Bre

• a strip of material
• cut the meat into strips.
• the gaza strip
• a tiny strip of garden

strip

1. a long narrow piece of paper, metal, cloth, etc.
• see also rumble strip
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/rumble-strip
• a strip of material
• Cut the meat into strips.
2. a long narrow area of land, sea, etc.
• see also airstrip
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/airstrip
• the Gaza Strip
• a tiny strip of garden
• The islands are separated by a narrow strip of water.
3. the uniform that is worn by the members of a sports team when they are playing
• Juventus in their famous black and white strip
• the team’s away strip (= that they use when playing games away from home)
4. an act of taking your clothes off, especially in a sexually exciting way and in front of an audience
• see also striptease
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/striptease
• to do a strip
• a strip show
5. a street that has many shops, stores, restaurants, etc. along it
• See related entries: Types of road
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/types_of_road/strip_4
• Sunset Strip
• = comic strip
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/comic-strip
6. to speak angrily to somebody who has done something wrong

Extra Examples

• The kit contains five test strips.
• The wallpaper can then be torn off in strips.
• This aircraft requires a good-sized landing strip.
• a card with a magnetic strip on the back
• a narrow strip of leather
• grilled chicken strips
• Cut a strip of paper 12cm wide.
• His hands were tied behind his back with a strip of fabric.

Word Origin

• noun senses 1 to 2 and noun senses 5 to 6 late Middle English: from or related to Middle Low German strippe ‘strap, thong’, probably also to stripe. noun senses 3 to 4 Middle English (as a verb): of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stropen. Sense (3) of the noun arose in the late 20th cent., possibly from the notion of clothing to which a player “strips” down.