bare-bum en · ADJ
Etymology
From bare + bum.
Meanings
- (literally, not-comparable) With one's bottom exposed, as for a spanking or a mooning.
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(broadly, not-comparable) Stark naked.
Having never experienced communal bare-bum soaking European style, I was sure I'd wandered into the men's room.
1992 April, Martie Sterling, “My Last, Last Run”, in Ski:We discovered trout and bears and foxes. And bees^([sic]) nests! Not to mention how to swim bare-bum down rocky falls.
2009, John B. Duffield, A Cry for Help, →ISBN, page 21:Of course I do, Gran! Julian is always walking around bare-bum. I know all about boys and girls. And love and babies and all.
1992, Louise Leblanc, Maddie in Goal (trans. Sarah Cummins), Formac (1992; original French book published 1991), page 12
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| barebum | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
bare-arse · bare-butt · bareass
Translations (4)
fr nu-le-cul (with the bum exposed) · af kaalgat (with the bum exposed) · pl z gołym tyłkiem (with the bum exposed) · fr cul-nu (with the bum exposed)