skinny diving

alternative skinny-diving

1. nonstandarduncountableSynonym of skinny dipping.

   The moon is full tonight; why don’t we go skinny diving and stay out until morning?

   2008, Gormally, Martin, A son of Aran, page 148

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   "I don’t want to go swimming," she said apprehensively. "I—don’t have my suit, and you’d better not think I’m going skinny-diving with you, because I’m not."

   1987, Bethany Campbell, The Long Way Home (Harlequin Romance, No. 2852), page 35

   Her skin was smooth and tanned. Barrett saw no tan line as the pants pulled high on her bottom. Christ, he wondered, was she still skinny dipping with the boys? [...] "You’re not still skinny diving with those Delius boys, are you?"

   1988, Irene Wanner, Sailing to Corinth: A short story collection, page 66

   After Israel won its Six-Day War with the Arab states, Sharon went skinny-diving and spearfishing in the newly captured enemy territory.

   2026 April 2, Vishal Wagh, ““Charlie Don’t Surf!”: The Absurdity of War in ‘Apocalypse Now’”, in No Film School

   Synonyms: skinny dipping