field strip

verb

To dismantle (a weapon) for cleaning, oiling or repair; to disassemble (a firearm) to the maximum extent possible without tools.

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Meanings

verbfield strip (third-person singular simple present field strips, present participle field stripping, simple past and past participle field stripped)

present singular third person field strips · participle present field stripping · participle past field stripped · past field stripped · alternative fieldstrip · alternative field-strip

  1. transitiveTo dismantle (a weapon) for cleaning, oiling or repair; to disassemble (a firearm) to the maximum extent possible without tools.

    He'd learned how to work a repeater - even how to fieldstrip and clean it.

    1963, Thomas Pynchon, V.
  2. transitiveTo take apart (a cigarette butt) for the purpose of reducing litter.
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APA

field strip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/field%20strip

MLA

“field strip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/field%20strip. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “field strip,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/field%20strip.

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