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striptease

[ strip-teez ]

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noun

a burlesque act in which a dancer removes garments one at a time to the accompaniment of music.

verb (used without object)

stripteased, stripteasing.

to do a striptease.

striptease

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noun

1. a form of erotic entertainment in which a person gradually undresses to music
2. ( as modifier )
  a striptease club

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Derived Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of striptease¹

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40; strip ¹ + tease

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Word History and Origins

Origin of striptease¹

from strip ¹+ tease

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From documenting the lives of women performing striptease at rural American fairs to chronicling the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua, her work provides an intimate portrait of resilience and humanity.

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Two stagehands came onstage and removed the dress as Dreyfuss mimicked a striptease before putting on a blazer and taking his seat ahead of the screening.

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Two stagehands appear and remove the dress as Dreyfuss mimics a striptease before putting on a blazer and taking his seat ahead of the screening.

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He repeats this bit of striptease after committing his first murder, a distillation of Delon’s startling violent eroticism.

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Peeling off his jacket, he flung it across the stage in a partial striptease.

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stript stripteaser

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