bare-arse

adjective

With the buttocks exposed, as for a spanking or a mooning.

Meanings

adjectivebare-arse (not comparable)

alternative barearse

  1. literallynot comparableWith the buttocks exposed, as for a spanking or a mooning.
  2. broadlynot comparableStark naked.

    "You exchanged vows bare-arse naked in front of an archangel?"

    2012, Sandra Hill, Kiss of Pride, HarperCollins, published 2012, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    So he's pounding them off and is away over the hill in sweet dreams, and Clarice tippy-toes into the bedroom as quiet as fog coming off a millpond, and she takes off her clothes and stands there bare-arse looking out the window in the moonlight.

    1969, John Gould, The Jonesport Raffle, and Numerous Other Maine Veracities, Little, Brown and Company, page 25

    "I sleep bare-arse, Mrs. Bayram, always have, which you can come and check out any time you like."

    1990, Daniel Pollock, Lair of the Fox, HarperCollins, published 1990, →ISBN, page 304

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

Translations

Afrikaans kaalgat
  • kaalgatwith the buttocks exposed
French cul-nu, nu-le-cul
  • cul-nuwith the buttocks exposed
  • nu-le-culwith the buttocks exposed
Polish z gołym tyłkiem
  • z gołym tyłkiemwith the buttocks exposed
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Chicago

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