stripe

IPA: strˈaɪp

A long region of a single colour in a repeating pattern of similar regions.
A long, relatively straight region against a different coloured background.
(in the plural) The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.
(informal) Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort.
A long, narrow mark left by striking someone with a whip or stick; a blow with a whip or stick.
A slash cut into the flesh as a punishment.
(weaving) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.
Any of the balls marked with stripes in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the spots.
(computing) A portion of data distributed across several separate physical disks for the sake of redundancy.
(motor racing, slang) The start/finish line.

(transitive) To mark with stripes.
(transitive) To lash with a whip or strap.
(transitive, computing) To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write.

Examples of "stripe" in Sentences

The red stripe is the path Von Stauffenberg would take to the meeting room.
The stripe from the left side of the collar extends down to the side of the shirt.
The idea that play of any stripe is always an irrelevant diversion is a misconception.
The excluded stripe is turquoise in colour and is taking it ` s case to the European Court of Human Rights.
All the inference is that without your pin stripe suit and your four hand tie, you are beneath his contempt.
No yellow anymore -- just black highlighted with a jagged blue stripe from the fingers of one hand to the fingers of the other.
That wheat-colored ball with the blue stripe is the same size and weight as an NFL ball, and the players wear standard football gear.
The person who worked on it second passed on the brown stripe from the narrow inner border to me, and although I included a small bit of it, I thought it really wanted to be the binding, so I have left most of it for the next person to use as binding.
In some cases, where the cause or politician is a bit more authoritarian in stripe, the weirdness comes from the deathly serious tense tight-lipped intolerant besuited clones who populate the gathering, or the Stepford-like blandness of the party faithful.