# strip

> English word · Noun · IPA /stɹɪp/ · frequency rank #3,911

## Definitions
1. A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
2. A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively.
3. A comic strip.
4. A landing strip.
5. A strip steak.
6. A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities.
7. The playing area, roughly 14 meters by 2 meters.
8. The uniform of a football team, or the same worn by supporters.
9. A trough for washing ore.
10. The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.
11. A television series aired at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
12. An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one call and two put options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bearish than a straddle.
13. A strip club.

## Etymology
From alteration of stripe or from Middle Low German strippe, of uncertain ultimate origin, perhaps derived from a lost strong verb Proto-Germanic *strīpaną, with no clear cognates outside of Germanic except for Irish sríab (“line, stripe”).

## Easily confused with
- **Syria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strip-vs-syria)
- **syrup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strip-vs-syrup)
- **stump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strip-vs-stump)
- **strut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strip-vs-strut)
- **strips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strip-vs-strips)
- **strive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strip-vs-strive)
- **stripe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strip-vs-stripe)
- **stripes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strip-vs-stripes)
- **striped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/strip-vs-striped)
- **sip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sip-vs-strip)
- **STR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/str-vs-strip)
- **STI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sti-vs-strip)
- **STP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stp-vs-strip)
- **stop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stop-vs-strip)
- **ship** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ship-vs-strip)
- **slip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/slip-vs-strip)
- **skip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skip-vs-strip)
- **stir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stir-vs-strip)
- **Shri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shri-vs-strip)
- **Siri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/siri-vs-strip)

## Common misspellings (8)
`srtip`, `sstrip`, `stirp`, `stripp`, `strpi`, `strrip`, `sttrip`, `tsrip`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/strip