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a line that means everything from referee authority to nature's loudest warning sign
means a long band of color, material, or texture that runs distinct from what surrounds it — and by extension a mark of rank, type, or kind.
from From Middle Dutch or Middle Low German 'stripe,' meaning a streak or line, which entered English in the late medieval period as cloth and trade moved across the North Sea. It's a cousin of German 'Streifen' (a strip or streak) and shares deep Germanic roots with 'strip' itself — the long, narrow band. The military 'stripe' on a sleeve and the figurative 'of every stripe' both grew from that simple visual idea: a line that sets one thing apart from another.
- zebra mystery
- stripes may confuse biting flies, not predators
- military rank
- earned stripes mark service, sergeants, and chevrons
- payments giant
- the company Stripe processes trillions for online businesses
- optical illusion
- vertical stripes can make you look taller, horizontal wider
- tiger camouflage
- each tiger's stripe pattern is unique, like fingerprints
stripe payment platform — san francisco fintech company founded 2010, processes $1 trillion+ annually
stripe the tiger — bengal tiger at ragunan zoo, jakarta, famous for distinctive white stripes