What does striper mean?

Definitions for striper
ˈstraɪ pərstriper

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. stripernoun

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

    "he's a four-striper"

  2. striped bass, stripernoun

    caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States

  3. striped bass, striper, Roccus saxatilis, rockfishnoun

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

Wiktionary

  1. stripernoun

    A device that applies stripes

    We rented a line striper for the parking lot.

  2. stripernoun

    The striped bass, Morone saxatilis, a popular sport fish native to North America

    I caught a striper today.

  3. stripernoun

    A person who is authorized to wear a certain number of stripes on his or her uniform

Wikipedia

  1. striper

    The striped bass (Morone saxatilis), also called the Atlantic striped bass, striper, linesider, rock, or rockfish, is an anadromous perciform fish of the family Moronidae found primarily along the Atlantic coast of North America. It has also been widely introduced into inland recreational fisheries across the United States. Striped bass found in the Gulf of Mexico are a separate strain referred to as Gulf Coast striped bass.The striped bass is the state fish of Maryland, Rhode Island, and South Carolina, and the state saltwater (marine) fish of New York, New Jersey, Virginia, and New Hampshire. The history of the striped bass fishery in North America dates back to the Colonial period. Many written accounts by some of the first European settlers describe the immense abundance of striped bass, along with alewives, traveling and spawning up most rivers in the coastal Northeast.

ChatGPT

  1. striper

    A striper commonly refers to two things: 1. A variety of game fish found in North America, officially known as the Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis). The name comes from the seven or eight dark stripes that run from its gills to its tail. 2. A professional or a machine that paints stripes on roads, parking lots, sports fields etc. The term striper in this context is commonly used in the pavement marking industry.

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  1. spriter

  2. restrip

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of striper in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of striper in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of striper in a Sentence

  1. Stephen Tyson Jr:

    When I released it, it really sank in, ‘You let that one go,’ the one thing I regret is not getting it weighed. But at that moment, it was literally the first 5-10 minutes of the tournament. I’m not going to stop fishing for bass. Starting out that fast, I knew I had a chance of at least 20 pounds. But then catching a striper that size, oh my god. It’s a fish of a lifetime.

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