Definition of "striptease" [striptease]

• A performance, as in a burlesque act, in which a person slowly removes clothing, usually to musical accompaniment. (noun)

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• "Yet if nothing else, her predictably ludicrous but unexpectedly endearing determination to play schoolmarm during her celebrity striptease is enough to settle any remaining doubts about the validity of this woman's U.S. passport."
• "Baby girl has definitely re-invented the word striptease with these pics."
• "During his "striptease" - as Parizeau called the progressive unveiling of his policies - the former PQ finance minister has promoted Quebec sovereignty, a crackdown on minority language rights and a toughening of language laws, free trade with the United States, government-owned industry, and a minimum-income scheme."