Meanings
alternative butt naked
- CanadaUSinformalnot comparableStark naked, completely nude.
They could hardly have all marched off butt-naked.
1998, John Peel, The Outer Limits: The Vanished, New York: Tor Kids, →ISBN, page 81 more example
He cannot picture life without alcohol, drugs or butt-naked rooftop escapades.
2008, Chris Kovach, chapter 11, in Alcoholics Synonymous, →ISBNSynonyms: nude
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveStark naked, completely nude.
Origin
Probably related to (and perhaps simply a variant of) buck naked. It is not clear which of the two forms came first, but the earliest written evidence suggests that buck naked is present some four decades earlier.
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