♦ stripe

♦ stripe
♦ stripe /straɪp/
n.
1 striscia (di colore, ecc.), riga; stria; lista; banda: red with white stripes, rosso con bande bianche
2 (pl.) (mil.) galloni: corporal's stripes, i galloni da caporale; (anche fig.) to get (o to earn) one's stripes, guadagnarsi i galloni; dimostrare quello che si vale; essere promosso; (anche fig.) to lose one's stripes, perdere i galloni; essere degradato
3 (fam.) genere; tipo; specie: people of every stripe, persone d'ogni genere
4 (pl.) divisa a strisce dei carcerati: (gergo carcerario) to wear the stripes, vedere il sole a scacchi; essere in galera
5 (pl.) (fam.) tigre
6 (un tempo) frustata; scudisciata (come punizione): twenty stripes on the back, venti frustate sulla schiena
● (fam. ingl., scherz.) to have the stripes, essere al comando; sostituire il capo.
(to) stripe /straɪp/
v. t.
listare; rigare; striare.

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