stripe

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

stripe, n. [OD. strijpe a stripe, streak; akin to LG. stripe, D. streep, Dan. stribe, G. strief, striefen, MHG. striefen to glide, march.].

•  A line, or long, narrow division of anything of a different color or structure from the ground; hence, any linear variation of color or structure; as, a stripe, or streak, of red on a green ground; a raised stripe.  [1913 Webster]
•  A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.  [1913 Webster]
•  A strip, or long, narrow piece attached to something of a different color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed upon a garment.  [1913 Webster]
•  A stroke or blow made with a whip, rod, scourge, or the like, such as usually leaves a mark.  [1913 Webster]

  "Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed."  [1913 Webster]
•  A long, narrow discoloration of the skin made by the blow of a lash, rod, or the like.  [1913 Webster]

  "Cruelty marked him with inglorious stripes."  [1913 Webster]
•  Color indicating a party or faction; hence, distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort; as, persons of the same political stripe.  [1913 Webster]
•  The chevron on the coat of a noncommissioned officer.  [1913 Webster]

Stars and Stripes. See under Star, n.

stripe, v. t. 

•  To make stripes upon; to form with lines of different colors or textures; to variegate with stripes.  [1913 Webster]
•  To strike; to lash.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

stripe, n.
1 a long narrow band or strip differing in colour or texture from the surface on either side of it (black with a red stripe).
2 Mil. a chevron etc. denoting military rank.
3 US a category of character, opinion, etc. (a man of that stripe).
4 (usu. in pl.) archaic a blow with a scourge or lash.
5 (in pl., treated as sing.) colloq. a tiger.

Etymology

perh. back-form. f. striped: cf. MDu., MLG stripe, MHG strife

THESAURUS

stripe

Hershey bar, animus, aptitude, aviation badge, badge, band, bandeau, bar, baste, bastinado, beat, belabor, belt, bent, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, bias, birch, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blood, blotch, body-build, box, brand, breed, buffet, cane, cast, chalk, chalk up, character, characteristic, characteristics, check, check off, checker, chevron, chicken, cicatrize, clan, class, club, color, complexion, composition, constituents, constitution, cowhide, crack, crasis, craze, cross-hatching, cudgel, cuff, cut, dapple, dash, define, delimit, delineation, demarcate, denomination, description, designation, dharma, diagonal, diathesis, discolor, disposition, dot, dotted line, drub, eagle, eccentricity, engrave, epaulet, ethos, feather, fiber, fillet, flagellate, flail, flake, flap, fleck, flog, form, frame, freckle, fustigate, gash, genius, genre, genus, give a whipping, give the stick, grain, habit, hachure, hairline, harlequin, hash mark, hatch, hatching, hide, horsewhip, hue, humor, humors, idiosyncrasy, ilk, impress, imprint, inclination, individualism, insignia of branch, iris, kidney, kin, kind, knout, label, lace, lash, lather, lay on, leaning, length, line, lineation, list, lot, maculate, make, make a mark, makeup, manner, marble, marbleize, mark, mark off, mark out, mental set, mettle, mind, mind-set, mold, motley, mottle, nature, nick, notch, number, oak leaf, order, organization insignia, overseas bar, parachute badge, patch, pencil, pepper, persuasion, phylum, physique, pip, pistol-whip, point, polychrome, polychromize, pommel, predilection, predisposition, preference, prick, print, proclivity, propensity, property, pummel, punch, punctuate, puncture, quality, race, rainbow, rawhide, ribbon, riddle, scar, scarify, score, scotch, scourge, scratch, seal, seam, service stripe, set, shape, shoulder patch, shoulder sleeve insignia, slant, slap, slash, smack, smite, somatotype, sort, spangle, spank, species, speck, speckle, spirit, splotch, spot, spread eagle, sprinkle, stain, stamp, star, stigmatize, stipple, strain, strake, strap, streak, streaking, stria, striate, striation, striature, striga, string, striola, strip, striping, stroke, stud, style, sublineation, submarine badge, suchness, swinge, switch, system, tattoo, temper, temperament, tendency, tenor, tessellate, the like of, the likes of, thrash, thump, tick, tick off, tone, trace, tribe, trounce, truncheon, turn, turn of mind, twist, type, underline, underlining, underscore, underscoring, variegate, variety, vein, virgule, wallop, warp, way, whale, whip, whop, yerk

ROGET THESAURUS

stripe

Punishment

N punishment, punition, chastisement, chastening, correction, castigation, discipline, infliction, trial, judgment, penalty, retribution, thunderbolt, Nemesis, requital, penology, retributive justice, lash, scaffold, imprisonment, transportation, banishment, expulsion, exile, involuntary exile, ostracism, penal servitude, hard labor, galleys, beating, flagellation, fustigation, gantlet, strappado, estrapade, bastinado, argumentum baculinum, stick law, rap on the knuckles, box on the ear, blow, stripe, cuff, kick, buffet, pummel, slap, slap in the face, wipe, douse, coup de grace, torture, rack, picket, picketing, dragonnade, capital punishment, execution, lethal injection, the gas chamber, hanging, electrocution, rail-riding, scarpines, decapitation, decollation, garrotte, garrotto, crucifixion, impalement, firing squad, martyrdom, auto-da-fe, noyade, happy dispatch, hara-kiri, seppuku, drinking the hemlock, punishing, penal, punitory, punitive, inflictive, castigatory, punished, Int, a la lanterne!, culpan paena premit comes, eating the bitter bread of banishment, gravis ira regum est semper, sera tamen tacitis paena venit pedibus, suo sibi gladio hunc jugulo.

Length

N length, longitude, span, mileage, distance, line, bar, rule, stripe, streak, spoke, radius, lengthening, prolongation, production, protraction, tension, tensure, extension, line, nail, inch, hand, palm, foot, cubit, yard, ell, fathom, rood, pole, furlong, mile, league, chain, link, arpent, handbreadth, jornada, kos, vara, astronomical unit, AU, light- year, parsec, nanometer, nm, micron, micrometer, millimicron, millimeter, mm, centimeter, cm, meter, kilometer, km, pedometer, perambulator, scale, long, longsome, lengthy, wiredrawn, outstretched, lengthened, sesquipedalian, interminable, no end of, macrocolous, linear, lineal, longitudinal, oblong, as long as my arm, as long as today and tomorrow, unshortened &c (shorten), lengthwise, at length, longitudinally, endlong, along, tandem, in a line, in perspective, from end to end, from stem to stern, from head to foot, from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, from top to toe, fore and aft.

Variegation

VB be variegated, variegate, stripe, streak, checker, chequer, bespeckle, speckle, besprinkle, sprinkle, stipple, maculate, dot, bespot, tattoo, inlay, damascene, embroider, braid, quilt.

Indication

N indication, symbolism, symbolization, semiology, semiotics, semeiology, semeiotics, Zeitgeist, characteristic, diagnostic, lineament, feature, trait, fingerprint, voiceprint, footprint, noseprint, cloven hoof, footfall, recognition (memory), diagnostic, divining rod, detector, sign, symbol, index, indice, indicator, point, pointer, exponent, note, token, symptom, dollar sign, dollar mark, type, figure, emblem, cipher, device, representation, epigraph, motto, posy, gesture, gesticulation, pantomime, wink, glance, leer, nod, shrug, beck, touch, nudge, dactylology, dactylonomy, freemasonry, telegraphy, chirology, byplay, dumb show, cue, hint, clue, clew, key, scent, signal, signal post, rocket, blue light, watch fire, watch tower, telegraph, semaphore, flagstaff, cresset, fiery cross, calumet, heliograph, guidon, headlight, mark, scratch, line, stroke, dash, score, stripe, streak, tick, dot, point, notch, nick, print, imprint, impress, impression, keyboard symbols, printing symbols, red letter, italics, sublineation, underlining, bold font, jotting, note, annotation, reference, blaze, cedilla, guillemets, hachure, quotation marks, ", double quotes, " ", parentheses, "( )", brackets, "", braces, "", left arrow, "<", right arrow, ">", forward slash, "/", backward slash, "\", exclamation point, "!", commercial at, "@", pound sign, "#", percent sign, "%", carat, "", ampersand, "&", asterisk, "*", hyphen, "-", dash, "-", "_", em dash, "--", plus sign, "+", equals sign, "=", question mark, "?", period, ", ", semicolon, ", ", colon, ":", comma, ", ", apostrophe, "'", single quote, "'", tilde, "~", badge, criterion, countercheck, countermark, countersign, counterfoil, duplicate, tally, label, ticket, billet, letter, counter, check, chip, chop, dib, totem, tessera, card, bill, witness, voucher, stamp, cacher, trade mark, Hall mark, signature, mark, autograph, autography, attestation, hand, hand writing, sign manual, cipher, seal, sigil, signet, hand and seal, paraph, brand, superscription, indorsement, endorsement, password, watchword, catchword, security card, pass, passkey, credentials, open sesame, timbrology, mot de passe, mot du guet, pass-parole, shibboleth, title, heading, docket, address card, visiting card, carte de visite, insignia, banner, banneret, bannerol, bandrol, flag, colors, streamer, standard, eagle, labarum, oriflamb, oriflamme, figurehead, ensign, pennon, pennant, pendant, burgee, blue Peter, jack, ancient, gonfalon, union jack, banderole, old glory, quarantine flag, vexillum, yellow-flag, yellow jack, tricolor, stars and stripes, bunting, heraldry, crest, coat of arms, arms, armorial bearings, hatchment, escutcheon, scutcheon, shield, supporters, livery, uniform, cockade, epaulet, chevron, garland, love knot, favor, beacon, cairn, post, staff, flagstaff, hand, pointer, vane, cock, weathercock, guidepost, handpost, fingerpost, directing post, signpost, pillars of Hercules, pharos, bale-fire, beacon-fire, l'etoile du Nord, landmark, seamark, lighthouse, balize, polestar, loadstar, lodestar, cynosure, guide, address, direction, name, sign, signboard, warning, omen, prefigurement, trace, record, warning &c, alarm, scepter, trophy, gauge, milestone, milepost, brand, fool's cap, check, telltale, test, mileage ticket, milliary, notification, advertisement, word of command, call, bugle call, trumpet call, bell, alarum, cry, battle cry, rallying cry, angelus, reveille, sacring bell, sanctus bell, exposition &c (explanation), proof, pattern, indicating, indicative, indicatory, denotative, connotative, diacritical, representative, typical, symbolic, pantomimic, pathognomonic, symptomatic, characteristic, demonstrative, diagnostic, exponential, emblematic, armorial, individual, known by, recognizable by, indicated, pointed, marked, denotable, indelible, in token of, symbolically, in dumb show, ecce signum, ex ungue leonem, ex pede Herculem, vide ut supra, vultus ariete fortior.