bare-bum

adj — 2 senses

bare-bum

adj

Etymology From bare + bum.

1

Literally With one's bottom exposed, as for a spanking or a mooning.

2

Broadly Stark naked.

  • 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
  • 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:
1 more example
  • 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:
Synonyms
bare-arse, bareass, bare-butt

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