stripes

noun

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

status;

reputation

Collocates soldier⁸, hood⁷, hood⁷, homie⁴, tryna⁴, B.G.³, G³, ghetto³, rap³, thug³, bang², bust a cap², creep², for real², G², game², ghetto², I'mma², O.G.², serve², slug², yo², all about, battle, beef, bitch, block, brick, bruh, bust, bust, come up, cap, check, cipher, Clover, Compton, crew, double O.G., down, down, dump, freestyle, fuck with, game, gat, geah, H-town, hard, hip-hop, hoe, homeboy, hustle, loc, mack, mad, N.O., one deep, play, put it down, rap, rapper, rep, rider, rock, roll, serve, shit, shorty, shout-out, soft, son, straight, straight, street, sucker, tight, trip, wannabe, white, word

Domains Military

Etymology from the military expression to earn one's stripes

Synonyms rep

Related concepts hold it down, lock it down, maintain, roll up, step up, throw down

1992-07-14 Too $hort "So You Want To Be A Gangster" [Shorty The Pimp]
You want stripes, take yo' ass to the service
1993-02-16 2Pac "Point The Finga" [Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.]
Tryin to earn they stripes in the dark
1993-03-31 Daz Dillinger "It's Going Down" feat. Kurupt The Kingpin, Prince Ital [Retaliation, Revenge & Get Back]
Shit niggaz gotta do to earn they stripes, straight merkin

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