striper

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/ˈstɹaɪpɚ//ˈstɹaɪpə/

noun

A device that applies stripes.

“I caught a striper today.”

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striped bassRoccus saxatilisrockfish
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Meanings

nounstriper (plural stripers)

plural stripers

  1. A device that applies stripes.

    We rented a line striper for the parking lot.

  2. fishingThe striped bass, Morone saxatilis, a popular sport fish native to North America.

    I caught a striper today.

  3. in compoundsgovernmentA person who is authorized to wear a certain number of stripes on his or her uniform.

    He's a four-striper, a group captain.

    1956, Louis Reichers, The Flying Years, page 110

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncaught along the Atlantic coast of the United States

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striped bass
Broader
sea bassbass

nounmarine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone

Similar
striped bassRoccus saxatilisrockfish
Broader
sea bass
Also see
rockfishstriped bass

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

* (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).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

striper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/striper

MLA

“striper.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/striper. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “striper,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/striper.

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