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STRIPY (stripier, stripiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: stripier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, stripiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does stripy mean? 

STRIPY (adjective)
  The adjective STRIPY has 1 sense:

1. marked or decorated with stripesplay

  Familiarity information: STRIPY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STRIPY (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: stripier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: stripiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Marked or decorated with stripes

Synonyms:

striped; stripy

Similar:

patterned (having patterns (especially colorful patterns))

Derivation:

stripe (an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material)

stripe (a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background)


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