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strip search

strip search noun: a search for items hidden on a person, performed by removing the person's clothes.

Noun

strip search (plural strip searches)

  1. A search for items hidden on a person, performed by removing the person's clothes.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see strip, search.
    • I've been using the online strip searches to find old comics I remember from childhood.

Verb

strip search (third-person singular simple present strip searches, present participle strip searching, simple past and past participle strip searched)

  1. To search for items hidden on a person, by removing clothes.

Forms of strip search

Noun
pluralstrip searches
Verb
third-person singular presentstrip searches
present participlestrip searching
past participlestrip searched
paststrip searched

Questions about strip search

What does strip search mean?
Strip search means a search for items hidden on a person, performed by removing the person's clothes.
What part of speech is strip search?
Strip search can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of strip search?
The plural of strip search is strip searches.

Words near strip search in the dictionary

  1. strip parties
  2. strip party
  3. strip poker
  4. strip sander
  5. strip sanders
  6. strip search
  7. strip searched
  8. strip searches
  9. strip searching
  10. strip steak
  11. strip steaks

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