Definitions for stripes
stripes

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1. chevron, stripe, stripes, grade insignia(noun)

   V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service

   "they earned their stripes in Kuwait"

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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.

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1. stripes

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

Anagrams for stripes »

1. persist, priests, respits, sitreps, spriest, sprites, stirpes

How to pronounce stripes?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say stripes in sign language?

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. Mark Russell:

   The way money goes so fast these days, they should paint racing stripes on it.

2. Tony Perkins:

   There’s nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead animals.

3. Geert Glas:

   It's a setback for Adidas, but it shouldn't be the end of their three stripes trademark.

4. Julian Castro:

   Like in Watergate, after more evidence gets out there ... you'll see more people of different political stripes start to support it.

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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