strippern. a striptease artist. Tra c y
worked for a while as a stripper. Strip-
pers from all over assembled here for their
fourth annual convention and immedi-
ately took off on a sight-seeing tour.
strip-searchtv. to search someone’s entire
naked body. (See also skin-search.)
The cops strip-searched the good-looking
chick who ran a red light. Now it takes
a court order to strip-search someone.
stroketv. & in. to flatter someone; to
soothe and comfort someone. She
strokes everybody to keep them on her side
during the bad times. She learned long
ago that stroking puts people at ease.
strong-arm 1. tv. to force someone (to do
something). Ziggy tried to strong-arm
Frank into cooperating. Don’t strong-
arm me, you creep! 2. mod. forceful; by
physical force. The strong-arm ap-
proach got him nowhere. To o m u c h
strong-arm stuff isn’t good.
strong-arm mann. a bully; a man who is
employed to use physical power to force
someone to do something. Bruno is
Mr. Big’s strong-arm man. The mob
employs hundreds of strong-arm men.
strong-arm tacticsn. tactics based on the
use of force. No more strong-arm tac-
tics. You need to be more subtle. Strong-
arm tactics are out. The boss says be gen-
tle and don’t break anybody.
strung out 1. and strung (up)mod. drug
intoxicated and bewildered. (Drugs.)
Ziggy is really strung out lately. What’s he
shooting now? Tim is sort of strung out
and doesn’t even remember what he took.
- mod. badly addicted to heroin; dissi-
pated by heroin. (Drugs.) Harry’s
strung out for good, I guess. Clare is
strung out and can’t deny her problem any
longer. 3. mod. depressed; nervous. I
get strung out before tests and other trau-
matic things. I’m a little strung out—
because of the accident, I guess. 4. mod. in
love and disoriented. Mary is strung
out, and all because of Sam. Sam is
strung out over Mary.
strung-out shapen. a tired and exhausted
condition. They were sort of in strung-
out shape, tired and ready for the sack.
I’ve never been in such strung-out shape,
but I’ve never run a marathon before.strung (up)Go to strung out.strut one’s stufftv. to walk proudly and
show off one’s best features or talents.
Get out there on that stage and strut your
stuff! I’m going to strut my stuff and be-
come a star.stuccoed[“st@kod] mod. alcohol intoxi-
cated. (A play on plastered.) The guy
was too stuccoed to drive and couldn’t
stand up to walk. I can drink without
getting stuccoed, mainly because I drink
soda.stuck on someone or somethingmod.
enamored with someone or something;
obsessed with someone or something.
Tom is stuck on himself—as conceited as
can be. I’m really stuck on this stuff. It’s
just yummy.stuck-upmod. conceited. Tom is really
stuck-up. What a stuck-up jerk. Don’t
be so stuck-up. Unbend a little.stuck with someone or somethingmod.
burdened with someone or something;
left with the burden of someone or some-
thing. It’s your problem, and you’re
stuck with it. Am I stuck with this kid
forever?stud[st@d] 1. n. a male horse used for
breeding purposes. (Not slang.) Last
spring, we rented out all our studs and
made some money. The mare kicked the
stud and put us all out of business for a
while. 2. n. a human male viewed as very
successful with women. (Parallel to sense
1.) Fred thinks he is a real stud. Man,
look at that stud over there. Think he’s go-
ing steady with anyone?studhammern. a male who is successful
sexually with women. Alex is a real
studhammer. The guy thinks he is a
studhammer, but he is just a jerk.stud-muffinn. a really good-looking guy;
a stud. Who’s the stud-muffin with
Sally? Did you see that stud-muffin
come in?stripper