stripping

Meaning of stripping

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. remove all coverings from.
    they stripped the bed
  2. leave bare of accessories or fittings.
    thieves stripped the room of luggage
  3. deprive someone of (rank, power, or property).
    the lieutenant was stripped of his rank
  4. sell off (the assets of a company) for profit.
  5. tear the thread or teeth from (a screw, gearwheel, etc.).
  6. (of a bullet) be fired from a rifled gun without spin owing to a loss of surface.

Middle English (as a verb): of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stropen . strip1 (sense 2 of the noun) arose in the late 20th century, possibly from the notion of clothing to which a player ‘strips’ down.

Information about stripping

Hyphenation of stripping

strip-ping

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • stripping is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

stripping synonyms

Meaning denudation:

denudation, uncovering, baring, husking

Meaning remove all the contents of (a container):

empty

Meaning remove an obstruction or unwanted item or items from:

clear

Meaning steal goods from (a place or person), typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder:

plunder

Meaning deprive someone of (something needed or deserved):

rob

Meaning enter (a building) illegally with intent to commit a crime, especially theft:

burgle

Meaning steal goods from (a place), typically during a war or riot:

loot

Meaning make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore) to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance:

rifle

Meaning steal (something) using violence, especially in wartime:

pillage

Meaning go through (a place) stealing things and causing damage:

ransack

Meaning remove the intestines and other internal organs from (a fish or other animal) before cooking it:

gut

Meaning destroy or ruin:

devastate

Meaning dismiss from employment:

sack

Meaning cause severe and extensive damage to:

ravage

Meaning conduct a raid on:

raid

Meaning steal or violently remove valuable possessions from; plunder:

despoil

Meaning diminish or destroy the value or quality of:

spoil

Meaning carry out raids in order to plunder:

reave

Meaning deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions:

dispossess

Meaning prevent (a person or place) from having or using something:

deprive

Meaning take or seize (someone's property) with authority:

confiscate

Meaning deprive someone of (power, rights, or possessions):

divest

Meaning cause (pain, distress, or difficulty) to become less severe or serious:

relieve

Meaning state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of:

deny

Anagrams of stripping

trippings

Words that rhyme with stripping

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