Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having lines or bands of different color or texture.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having Stripes. See streaked.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having stripes of different colors; streaked.
  • adjective (Zoöl.) See under Bass.
  • adjective (Bot.) a slender American tree (Acer Pennsylvanicum) with finely striped bark. Called also striped dogwood, and moosewood.
  • adjective (Zoöl.) See under Mullet, 2.
  • adjective (Zoöl.) the garter snake.
  • adjective (Zoöl.) the chipmunk.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having stripes, decorated or marked with bands differing in color.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of stripe.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective marked or decorated with stripes

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Examples

  • Let's hope this guy eventually ends up in striped or prison orange jammies.

    Michigan Man In Jammies Shoots RoboDeer 2009

  • Under the title, there is a cartoon of four grenouilles: * two of the frogs have on sunglasses, the other two, sun hats -- all four frogs are in striped swim trunks.

    mother-in-law 2010

  • Let's hope this guy eventually ends up in striped or prison orange jammies.

    Michigan Man In Jammies Shoots RoboDeer 2009

  • A group of Edwardians in striped blazers and straw boater hats, riding along on their bicycles, very slow and stately, but in case of rain they all have cabriolet tops they can raise over their heads, with big curved hinges on the sides like an old-fashioned pram, and tassels along the front. cabriolet/fridge

    May 2008 2008

  • A group of Edwardians in striped blazers and straw boater hats, riding along on their bicycles, very slow and stately, but in case of rain they all have cabriolet tops they can raise over their heads, with big curved hinges on the sides like an old-fashioned pram, and tassels along the front. cabriolet/fridge

    What’s My Name Again? 2008

  • It has done this in countries ranging from Mirconesia to Iceland, from South America to Africa. the white boat with the red striped is just a little less frightening to the countries of the world, than the Navy grey, maybe that is why the Coast Guard is respected around the globe and welcomed into the hearts, homes and ports of the countries of the world.

    A Coast Guard that guards everyone else’s coast « Antiwar.com Blog 2008

  • Nor was that the end of his fascination with clothing from the four corners of the Earth: Other ensembles echoed Middle Eastern dancing girls, Ukrainian peasants, Bedouins in striped burnooses, and Isadora Duncanesque Greek youths.

    The King Is Dead 2007

  • He is still wearing the purple pin striped suit, just not the coat part of it.

    EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - A great new Joker shot 2007

  • Nor was that the end of his fascination with clothing from the four corners of the Earth: Other ensembles echoed Middle Eastern dancing girls, Ukrainian peasants, Bedouins in striped burnooses, and Isadora Duncanesque Greek youths.

    The King Is Dead 2007

  • It also got me into skateboarding (steel wheels, baby!), and why I'll always love California and cute girls in striped shirts.

    Boing Boing 2007

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