striptease

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US/ˈstɹɪpˌtiz/

noun

The act of slowly taking off one's clothes to sexually arouse the viewer, often accompanied by music and in exchange for money.

Similar
dance of the seven veilsfan dancestripperstriptease artiststripteaserexotic dancerecdysiastpeeler
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Meanings

nounstriptease (countable and uncountable, plural stripteases)

plural stripteases

  1. countableuncountableThe act of slowly taking off one's clothes to sexually arouse the viewer, often accompanied by music and in exchange for money.

    Synonyms: dance of the seven veils, fan dance

verbstriptease (third-person singular simple present stripteases, present participle stripteasing, simple past and past participle stripteased)

present singular third person stripteases · participle present stripteasing · participle past stripteased · past stripteased

  1. intransitiveTo perform a striptease.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe act of slowly taking off one's clothes to sexually arouse the viewer, often accompanied by music and in exchange for money.

Similar
dance of the seven veilsfan dance

More synonyms by meaning

nouna performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music

Similar
stripperstriptease artiststripteaserexotic dancerecdysiastpeeler
Broader
performerperforming artist

nouna form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music

Similar
stripstrip show
Broader
nude dancing
Also see
dirty dancingecdysiastexotic dancerpeelerstripstripperstripteaser

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From strip + tease.

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Translations

Arabic رَقْص تَعَرِيّ, اِسْتْرِبْتِيز
  • رَقْص تَعَرِيّ (raqṣ taʕariyy)arousing act
  • اِسْتْرِبْتِيز (istribtīz)arousing act
Bulgarian стриптийз
  • стриптийз (striptijz)arousing act
Chinese Mandarin 脫衣舞 /脱衣舞
  • 脫衣舞 /脱衣舞 (tuōyīwǔ)arousing act
Czech striptýz
  • striptýzarousing act
Dutch striptease, strippen
  • stripteasearousing act
  • strippento perform striptease
Esperanto striptizo
  • striptizoarousing act
Estonian striptiisi
  • striptiisiarousing act
Finnish strippaus, strippaaminen
  • strippausarousing act
  • strippaaminenarousing act
  • stripteasearousing act
  • stripatato perform striptease
French striptease, effeuillage
  • stripteasearousing act
  • effeuillagearousing act
  • stripteaserto perform striptease
  • strip-teaserto perform striptease
German Striptease
  • Stripteasearousing act
Greek στριπτίζ
  • στριπτίζ (striptíz)arousing act
Hindi स्ट्रिपटीज़
  • स्ट्रिपटीज़ (sṭripṭīz)arousing act
Icelandic nektardans, strípidans
  • nektardansarousing act
  • strípidansarousing act
Italian spogliarello, striptease
  • spogliarelloarousing act
  • stripteasearousing act
Japanese ストリップ, ストリップショー
  • ストリップ (sutorippu)arousing act
  • ストリップショー (sutorippu shō)arousing act
Korean 스트립쇼
  • 스트립쇼 (seuteuripsyo)arousing act
Malay tarian bogel
  • tarian bogelarousing act
Norwegian striptease
  • stripteasearousing act
Persian استریپتیز
  • استریپتیز (estirip-tiz)arousing act
Polish striptiz
  • striptizarousing act
Portuguese striptease, strip
  • stripteasearousing act
  • striparousing act
Russian стрипти́з
  • стрипти́з (striptíz)arousing act
Spanish striptease (striptis), estriptis
  • striptease (striptis)arousing act
  • estriptisarousing act
  • estriptísarousing act
Swedish striptease, stripteasa
  • stripteasearousing act
  • stripteasato perform striptease
Thai ระบำเปลื้องผ้า
  • ระบำเปลื้องผ้า (rá-bam bplêuang-pâa)arousing act
Turkish striptiz
  • striptizarousing act
Ukrainian стрипти́з
  • стрипти́з (stryptýz)arousing act
Vietnamese điệu múa thoát y, thoát y vũ
  • điệu múa thoát yarousing act
  • thoát y vũarousing act
Yiddish בלייזטאַנץ
  • בלייזטאַנץ (bleyztants)arousing act
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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