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Princeton's WordNet

  1. chevron, stripe, stripes, grade insignianoun

    V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service

    "they earned their stripes in Kuwait"

ChatGPT

  1. stripes

    Stripes are a pattern characterized by long, parallel lines of two or more different colors, widths or textures, alternately and repeatedly placed. They can appear on a variety of objects or surfaces such as clothing, animals, flags, walls, among others.

Wikidata

  1. Stripes

    Stripes is a 1981 American comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman, starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P. J. Soles, and John Candy. It also featured several actors in their first significant film roles, including John Larroquette, Sean Young, John Diehl, and Judge Reinhold. It was one of John Candy's breakthrough film appearances. Dave Thomas, Bill Paxton, Joe Flaherty, and Timothy Busfield also appear.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. stripes

    The chevrons on the coats of non-commissioned officers are sometimes so called.

Rap Dictionary

  1. stripesnoun

    Signify having served time in prison for a felony / having a criminal record. Stripes give higher status, and respect on the street. Based on the military where you earn your stripes (which signify a sergeant) and move up in ranking based on your record. "Foe Life, Foe Life, Mack-10 comin through the hood with stripes" -- Mack-10 (Foe Life)

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Anagrams for STRIPES »

  1. persist

  2. priests

  3. respits

  4. sitreps

  5. spriest

  6. sprites

  7. stirpes

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of STRIPES in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of STRIPES in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of STRIPES in a Sentence

  1. Van Der Breggen:

    On one of my first races I saw this rider with a weird jersey with stripes, I didn't know what it was, then my dad told me it was the world champion's( rainbow) jersey !

  2. Antony Blinken:

    Today we are officially resuming operations at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv. The Ukrainian people, with our security assistance, have defended The Ukrainian people homeland in the face of Russia's unconscionable invasion, and, as a result, the Stars and Stripes are flying over the Embassy once again. We stand proudly with, and continue to support, the government and people of Ukraine as The Ukrainian people defend The Ukrainian people country from the Kremlin's brutal war of aggression.

  3. Marc Leepson:

    When the Confederacy broke away, one of the first things that the Confederate Congress did was pick a flag, there was a big debate, and the debate centered on how close the flag should look to the American flag. They held a contest, and took votes, and what did they do ? They picked a flag with red and white stripes and stars.

  4. Nathan Kondamuri:

    It was as if no one before had asked kids to describe their ideal pair of glasses, they were very imaginative, asking for polka dots, stripes, super hero designs.

  5. Lindsey Graham:

    Rather than me talking about what he did, let me tell you what I did: I stuck with it, i'm not going to change stripes on this issue.

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