stripe

Plural: stripes

Noun

• an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
• a piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service
• V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service
  • "they earned their stripes in Kuwait"
• a kind or category
  • "businessmen of every stripe joined in opposition to the proposal"
• a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
  • "a green toad with small black stripes or bars"
  • "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave"
• A long region of a single colour in a repeating pattern of similar regions.
• A long, relatively straight region against a different coloured background.
• The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.
• Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort.
• A long, narrow mark left by striking someone with a whip or stick; a blow or lash with a whip, stick, or scourge.
• A slash cut into the flesh as a punishment.
• A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.
• Any of the balls marked with stripes in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the spots.
• A portion of data distributed across several separate physical disks for the sake of redundancy.
• The start/finish line.

Verb

Verb Forms: striped, striping, stripes

• To mark with stripes or distinct bands.
• mark with stripes
• To mark with stripes.
• To lash with a whip or strap.
• To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write.

Examples

• He aimed to stripe the board with his word, hitting two triple-letter scores.
• zebra stripes

Synonyms

band, banding, bar, chevron, grade insignia, streak, stripes

Related Words

Stars and Stripes, candy striper, restripe, striped, striper, stripy

Anagrams of stripe