1strip noun
plural strips 1 [count] : a long, narrow piece of something
▪ strips of bacon ▪ a small strip of cloth/paper 2 [count] : a long, narrow piece of land
▪ a strip of land ▪ strips of forest/coastline ▪ the half-mile strip of road — see also drag strip, median strip, rumble strip 3 [count] US : a road that has a lot of shops, restaurants, etc., along it
▪ driving along the strip ▪ the Las Vegas strip 4 [count] : airstrip 5 [count] : comic strip
▪ Peanuts has always been one of my favorite strips. 6 [singular] Brit : the uniform worn by a sports team
▪ the team's away strip [=the uniform that the team wears when it is not playing at its home field, stadium, etc.] 7 [count] Brit : the act of taking your clothes off in a sexually exciting way while someone is watching
▪ She did a strip [=striptease] for her husband.
▪ strips of bacon ▪ a small strip of cloth/paper
▪ a strip of land ▪ strips of forest/coastline ▪ the half-mile strip of road — see also drag strip, median strip, rumble strip
▪ driving along the strip ▪ the Las Vegas strip
▪ Peanuts has always been one of my favorite strips.
▪ the team's away strip [=the uniform that the team wears when it is not playing at its home field, stadium, etc.]
▪ She did a strip [=striptease] for her husband.
tear (someone) off a strip or tear a strip off (someone)
Brit, informal : to talk angrily to (someone who has done something wrong)
▪ His dad tore him off a strip for denting the car.
▪ His dad tore him off a strip for denting the car.
— see also power strip
