narrow band differing in color or texture from that which surrounds it; ribbon or strip of cloth indicating rank or length of service; sort, kind; stroke, blow (such as one made with a whip)
mark with stripes, mark with narrow bands of contrasting color or texture
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Stripe Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To strike; to lash.
To strike; to lash.
(v. t.)
To make stripes upon; to form with lines of different colors or textures; to variegate with stripes.
To make stripes upon; to form with lines of different colors or textures; to variegate with stripes.
(n.)
The chevron on the coat of a noncommissioned officer.
The chevron on the coat of a noncommissioned officer.
(n.)
Color indicating a party or faction; hence, distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort; as, persons of the same political stripe.
Color indicating a party or faction; hence, distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort; as, persons of the same political stripe.
(n.)
A stroke or blow made with a whip, rod, scourge, or the like, such as usually leaves a mark.
A stroke or blow made with a whip, rod, scourge, or the like, such as usually leaves a mark.
(n.)
A strip, or long, narrow piece attached to something of a different color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed upon a garment.
A strip, or long, narrow piece attached to something of a different color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed upon a garment.
(n.)
A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.
A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.
(n.)
A long, narrow discoloration of the skin made by the blow of a lash, rod, or the like.
A long, narrow discoloration of the skin made by the blow of a lash, rod, or the like.
(n.)
A line, or long, narrow division of anything of a different color or structure from the ground; hence, any linear variation of color or structure; as, a stripe, or streak, of red on a green ground; a raised stripe.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA line, or long, narrow division of anything of a different color or structure from the ground; hence, any linear variation of color or structure; as, a stripe, or streak, of red on a green ground; a raised stripe.
stripe
\stripe\ (?), n. [od. strijpe a stripe, streak; akin to lg. stripe, d. streep, dan. stribe, g. strief, striefen, mhg. striefen to glide, march.]
1. a line, or long, narrow division of anything of a different color or structure from the ground; hence, any linear variation of color or structure; as, a stripe, or streak, of red on a green ground; a raised stripe.
2. (weaving) a pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.
3. a strip, or long, narrow piece attached to something of a different color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed upon a garment.
4. a stroke or blow made with a whip, rod, scourge, or the like, such as usually leaves a mark. forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed. xxv. 3.
5. a long, narrow discoloration of the skin made by the blow of a lash, rod, or the like. cruelty marked him with inglorious stripes.
6. color indicating a party or faction; hence, distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort; as, persons of the same political stripe. [colloq. u.s.]
7. pl. (mil.) the chevron on the coat of a noncommissioned officer.
Clais = n. a stripe; a mark; a bruise; a rivulet
Duglais = n. a black stripe
Gwaedglais = n. blood stripe
Llab = n. a flag; a slip; a stripe
Manfritho = v. to stripe finely
Rheian = n. a streak, a stripe
Rheianu = v. to streak, to stripe
Noun
1. a strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material
(synonym) band, banding
(hypernym) adornment
(hyponym) cigar band
(part-holonym) garment
2. a piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service
(hypernym) badge
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
3. V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service; "they earned their stripes in Kuwait"
(synonym) chevron, stripes, grade insignia
(hypernym) badge
(classification) military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
4. a kind or category; "businessmen of every stripe joined in opposition to the proposal"
(hypernym) kind, sort, form, variety
5. a marking of a different color or texture from the background
(synonym) streak
(hypernym) marking
(hyponym) band, stria, striation
Verb
1. mark with stripes
(hypernym) mark
(derivation) streak
Stripe Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
A narrow band of magnetic coating or developing solution applied to a length of motion picture film.
Stripe Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Stripe or Stripes may refer to:
- Stripes (film)
- Stripes (framework)
- S.T.R.I.P.E., a fictional superhero
- Striper, a fish
- Stripe, the main antagonist in the film Gremlins
- Stripes Convenience Stores
- Data striping, a data storage technique
- Magnetic stripe, a method for storing data, such as on a credit card
- Racing stripe, a vehicle decoration
- Service stripe, a decoration of the U.S. military
- Stripe, a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
- Stripes, a term in cue sports
- Stripes, rank insignia (chevrons) of enlisted personnel in various militaries, and associated phrases including "earning one's stripes", an act deserving promotion
- "Stripes", an episode of the British sitcom Hi-de-Hi!
- BBC Two 'Striped' ident, a television ident for BBC Two television
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S.T.R.I.P.E. (Special Tactics Robotic Integrated Power Enhancer) is a superhero in the DC Comics universe. S.T.R.I.P.E. is a powered armor suit invented and worn by Patrick "Pat" Dugan, the former adult sidekick to teenage superhero Sylvester Pemberton, the Star-Spangled Kid. "Stripesy", as he is often called, is a gifted mechanic who built the Star Rocket Racer, a bubble-topped limousine with the functions of a rocket and helicopter. Together, they were members of the Seven Soldiers of Victory and the All-Star Squadron. Stripesy was created by Jerry Siegel (co-creator of Superman) and Hal Sherman, and first appeared in Action Comics #40 (September 1941).
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Stripe Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
A white marking running down a horse's face, starting under an imaginary line connecting the tops of the eyes.
