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Synonyms
stripe1 (strīp)

[Middle English, possibly from Middle Dutch, or Middle Low German strīpe.]

noun 

    1. A long narrow band distinguished, as by color or texture, from the surrounding material or surface.
    2. A textile pattern of parallel bands or lines on a contrasting background.
    3. A fabric having such a pattern.
  2. A strip of cloth or braid worn on a uniform to indicate rank, awards received, or length of service; a chevron.
  3. Sort; kind: “All Fascists are not of one mind, one stripe” (Lillian Hellman)

transitive verb: striped, strip·ing, stripes. 

To mark with stripes or a stripe.
stripe2 (strīp)

[Middle English.]

noun 

A stroke or blow, as with a whip.