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strip searching

strip searching is the present participle and gerund of strip search.

Meaning of strip search

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.

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Questions about strip searching

What is strip searching the present participle and gerund of?
Strip searching is the present participle and gerund of strip search.

Words near strip searching in the dictionary

  1. strip sander
  2. strip sanders
  3. strip search
  4. strip searched
  5. strip searches
  6. strip searching
  7. strip steak
  8. strip steaks
  9. strip steel
  10. strip strategies
  11. strip strategy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: strip searching (page history and authors); strip search (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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