The Stars and Stripes is the name of the national flag of the United States of America.
Stars and Stripes in British English
noun
the Stars and Stripes
Stars and Stripes in American English
US
Epithet
the flag of the United States, with seven horizontal red stripes and six white ones, the colors alternating, and in the upper left corner a blue field with white stars (now 50), one for each state
Examples of 'Stars and Stripes' in a sentence
Stars and Stripes
In front of the White House the Stars and Stripes hung in brilliant folds.
Fay Weldon THE PRESIDENT'S CHILD (2003)
`I was sent, on behalf of the Stars and Stripes, to interview a fighter pilot.
Kallen, Lucille C B GREENFIELD - A LITTLE MADNESS (2003)
Paz and Barlow walked to the front door, past a flagpole from which the Stars and Stripes crackled in the breeze.