stripper
/ˈstrɪpər/
noun
- A person whose job is to perform a striptease, removing clothing in a sexually suggestive manner.
- She worked as a stripper to pay for her college tuition.
- The club hired a new stripper for the weekend shows.
- The movie tells the story of a stripper trying to start a new life.
- A tool or substance used to remove paint, wallpaper, or other coatings from a surface.
- He bought a chemical paint stripper to remove the old varnish from the door.
- The stripper worked quickly, softening the paint in just a few minutes.
- Use a wallpaper stripper to soak the paper before scraping it off.
- A device or machine that removes something, such as leaves from a plant or insulation from wire.
- Farmers use a corn stripper to harvest the kernels efficiently.
- The wire stripper made it easy to remove the plastic coating from the cable.
- The mechanic used a bearing stripper to pull the old part off the axle.