different between stripper vs peeler

English

Etymology

strip +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st??p?(?)/
• (AAVE) IPA^(key): /?k??p?/
• Rhymes: -?p?(?)

Noun

stripper (plural strippers)

1. Someone who removes their clothing in a sexually provocative manner, especially as a form of paid entertainment.
2. A chemical or tool used to remove paint, sheathing, etc. from something.
3. A tool used to strip tubing: to empty it by applying pressure to the outside of the tubing and moving that pressure along the tubing.
4. A cow that has nearly stopped giving milk, so that it can be obtained from her only by stripping.
5. (gambling) A playing card that has been trimmed so that a cheat can recognise it from the back.

Synonyms

• (dancer): ecdysiast, exotic dancer, peeler

Related terms

• striptease

Translations

See also

• Striptease on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• trippers

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From strippe +? -er

Noun

stripper m (definite singular stripperen, indefinite plural strippere, definite plural stripperne)

1. a stripper (striptease artist)

See also

• strippar (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

Verb

stripper

1. present of strippe

References

• “stripper” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “stripper_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Portuguese

Noun

stripper m, f (plural strippers)

1. stripper (one who removes one’s clothes as entertainment)

Related terms

• striptease

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es?t?ipe?/, [es?t??i.pe?]

Noun

stripper m or f (plural strippers or stripper)

1. stripper (one who removes one’s clothes as entertainment)

Related terms

• striptease
• estriptís, estriptis

English

Alternative forms

• Peeler

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?pi?l?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pi?l?/
• Rhymes: -i?l?(?)

Etymology 1

From the surname of Sir Robert Peel, who established the Irish constabulary and London's police force; compare bobby, from the given name.

Noun

peeler (plural peelers)

1. (Britain, slang, dated) A police officer.
   • 1892, Banjo Paterson, The Man from Ironbark:

     A peeler man who heard the din came in to see the show;

     He tried to run the bushman in, but he refused to go.

     And when at last the barber spoke, and said "'Twas all in fun—

     'Twas just a little harmless joke, a trifle overdone."

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:police officer.

Related terms

• bobby

Etymology 2

From Middle English peler, piller, pyllare, pilour, pelure, pelour, equivalent to peel +? -er.

Noun

peeler (plural peelers)

1. One who peels.
   1. A person whose job it is to peel fruit or vegetable produce.
   2. A person who works by peeling the bark off trees.
   3. (derogatory, slang) A stripper; one who disrobes for entertainment.
   4. (obsolete) One who peels or pillages.
2. A device for peeling fruit or vegetables.
   1. A household utensil for peeling fruit or vegetables.

      potato peeler

   2. An industrial food-processing machine for removing the peels or skins.
3. Something to be peeled.
4. Something that is peeling, about to peel, or prone to peeling.
   1. An edible crab that is about to shed its shell.
5. (surfing) An ideal wave.
6. (horticulture) A plant which impoverishes the soil by demanding high value nutrients and so requires the use of fertilizers.
7. Someone who breaks horses.

Translations

Anagrams

• Leeper, repeel