bare-bum

adjective

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

Meanings

adjectivebare-bum (not comparable)

alternative barebum

  1. literallynot comparableWith one's bottom exposed, as for a spanking or a mooning.
  2. broadlynot comparableStark 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
    2 more examples

    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

    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 & antonyms

Origin

Translations

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

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