strip search

noun

A search for items hidden on a person, performed by removing the person's clothes.

“I've been using the online strip searches to find old comics I remember from childhood.”

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Meanings

nounstrip search (plural strip searches)

plural strip searches

  1. A search for items hidden on a person, performed by removing the person's clothes.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see strip, search.

    I've been using the online strip searches to find old comics I remember from childhood.

verbstrip search (third-person singular simple present strip searches, present participle strip searching, simple past and past participle strip searched)

present singular third person strip searches · participle present strip searching · participle past strip searched · past strip searched

  1. To search for items hidden on a person, by removing clothes.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 脫衣搜身 /脱衣搜身, 脱衣搜身
  • 脫衣搜身 /脱衣搜身 (tuōyī sōushēn)search performed by removing clothes
  • 脱衣搜身 (tuōyī sōushēn)search performed by removing clothes
  • 脫衣搜身 /脱衣搜身 (tuōyī sōushēn)search by removing clothes
  • 脱衣搜身 (tuōyī sōushēn)search by removing clothes
Finnish ruumiintarkastus, tehdä ruumiintarkastus
  • ruumiintarkastussearch performed by removing clothes
  • tehdä ruumiintarkastussearch by removing clothes
Turkish çıplak arama
  • çıplak aramasearch performed by removing clothes
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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