stripper

Paint removal solvent

A stripper is a person who performs striptease—removing clothing to music as entertainment, typically in a club setting.

The word also applies to tools and chemicals that remove things: a wire stripper strips insulation from electrical cables, paint stripper dissolves old coatings.

She worked as a stripper to pay for law school.

performer

exotic dancer

Performer who disrobes onstage

nightclub · gentleman's club · stage · tips · G-string · pasties · choreography · routine · showgirl · go-go dancer

tool

varnish remover

Solvent for dried coatings

putty knife · sanding block · wire brush · rotary tool · solvent · remover

action

peel

Outer fruit layer

uncover · denude · divest · disrobe · shed · flay · skin · husk · shuck · decorticate

Categories
Opposites
surface treatment function

stripperapplicator

Tool for applying substances

coater · primer · sealer · finisher · varnish

clothing/performance context

stripperdresser

Bedroom storage furniture

costumer · costume designer · tailor · nun

Phrases
Family

stripped, stripping, strippergram

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated R