in the buff en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From buff (“bare skin”, literally “brownish yellow”), an allusion to the color of tanned light skin.
Meanings
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(idiomatic, informal) Nude.
Not to mention, nudity can be just plain convenient. “Laundry is minimal,” Schulte notes. It also doesn’t hurt that being in the buff spices up his workday.
2021 October 18, Ian Lecklitzner, “The Inevitable Rise of the Work-From-Home Nudist”, in MEL Magazine:Primarily because everyone is freaking out about the, er, let’s call them consequences of sharing a saddle with someone who has ridden it in the buff.
2026 June 16, “Naked cycling: is it ever acceptable to ride a rental bike in the nude?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:The streaker ran across the playing field in the buff.
She was in the buff on the beach.
Translations (14)
fo heilt nakin (nude) · ru голышо́м (nude) · gl en porrancho (nude) · ru в чём мать родила́ (nude) · ru го́лый (nude) · ru наго́й (nude) · gl en coiros (nude) · fr à poil (nude) · ru обнажённый (nude) · de völlig nackig (nude) · es en pelotas (nude) · de splitterfasernackt (nude) · fo blóðnakin (nude) · fo spilnakin (nude)