striped
Meaning
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Having stripes, decorated or marked with bands differing in color.
Synonyms
checquered
of various colours
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/stɹaɪpt/
Etymology
From stripe + -ed.
New
stripe
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- 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.
- (informal) Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort.
- A long, narrow mark left by striking someone with a whip or stick; a blow with a whip or stick.
- 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.
- (slang) The start/finish line.
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