STRIPER (stiper)

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Irregular inflected form: stiper   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does striper mean? 

• STRIPER (noun)
  The noun STRIPER has 3 senses:

1. a serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate rank or years of service

2. caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States

3. marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone

  Familiarity information: STRIPER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRIPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A serviceman who wears stripes on the uniform to indicate rank or years of service

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

he's a four-striper

Hypernyms ("striper" is a kind of...):

man; military man; military personnel; serviceman (someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

striped bass; striper

Hypernyms ("striper" is a kind of...):

bass; sea bass (the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Roccus saxatilis; rockfish; striped bass; striper

Hypernyms ("striper" is a kind of...):

sea bass (any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin)

Holonyms ("striper" is a member of...):

genus Roccus; Roccus (a genus of Serranidae)