Definition of STRIPER

striper

Plural: stripers

Noun

  • A type of food and game fish, often striped bass.
  • a serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate rank or years of service
    • "he's a four-striper"
  • caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States
  • marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone
  • A device that applies stripes.
  • The striped bass, Morone saxatilis, a popular sport fish native to North America.
  • A person who is authorized to wear a certain number of stripes on his or her uniform.

Examples

  • I caught a striper today.
  • Landing "STRIPER" on a double word score was like catching a big fish in Words With Friends.
  • We rented a line striper for the parking lot.

Origin / Etymology

* (device): From stripe (verb) + -er (agent noun suffix).
* (fish): From stripe (noun) + -er (relational suffix).
* (military): From stripe (noun) + -er (suffix denoting a person to whom a certain number of something applies).

Synonyms

Roccus saxatilis, rockfish, striped bass

Scrabble Score: 9

striper: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
striper: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
striper: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

striper: valid Words With Friends Word