striper
striper · stripers
A device that applies stripesA device that applies stripes.
/ˈstɹaɪpɚ/
Meaning
3 sensesA device that applies stripes.
We rented a line striper for the parking lot.
The striped bass, Morone saxatilis, a popular sport fish native to North America.
I caught a striper today.
(in compounds)A person who is authorized to wear a certain number of stripes on his or her uniform.
a serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate rank or years of service
Origin
* (device): From stripe (verb) + -er (agent noun suffix).* (device): From stripe (verb) + -er (agent noun suffix).
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Forms
plural: stripersSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone:striped bassRoccus saxatilisrockfish
- caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States:striped bass