striptease
striptease
Definition
☆ strip·tease (strip′tēz′)
noun
a performance, as in a burlesque show, in which the performer undresses slowly, usually to the accompaniment of music
Related Forms:
- striptease strip′·tease′ intransitive verb stripteased -·teased′, stripteasing -·teas′·ing
- stripteaser strip′·teas′er noun
striptease
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- perform: A widower gets his elderly housekeeper to perform a striptease in his dead wife's clothes.
- do: She started doing this striptease in the middle of the dance floor!
- watch: Critics claimed watching Elvis perform was like watching a striptease while sipping milk.
- involve: An operating schedule should therefore describe the type of dancing in broad terms and disclose if the dancing involves striptease or lap-dancing.
Adjective modifier
- burlesque: Welcome to the magical world of Miss Keda Breeze where circus showgirl meets the glamorous decadence of burlesque striptease.
Modifies a noun
- show: Anyway 2 girls paired off & did a striptease show.
- artist: All my life I had honestly always thought of belly dancers as being closer to striptease artists than to dancers.
- routine: Would they be offended by any kissogram or striptease routine?
- club: Which brings me to my point: today we have strip clubs; then they had striptease clubs.
- dancer: He subsequently discovers that Jia is actually a striptease dancer.
- venue: Candy Bar provides a model of running a striptease venue which most strip clubs in London would be wide to learn from.
Preposition: in
- front: Music plays, as Karen dances provocatively in a short skirt and performs a mini striptease in front of the two boys.
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