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striptease Definition

strip·tease (striptēz′)

noun

a performance, as in a burlesque show, in which the performer undresses slowly, usually to the accompaniment of music

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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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