bare-arse

See also: barearse

English

Alternative forms

• barearse

Etymology

From bare +‎ arse.

Adjective

bare-arse (not comparable)

1. (literally) With the buttocks exposed, as for a spanking or a mooning.
2. (by extension) Stark naked.
   • 1969, John Gould, The Jonesport Raffle, and Numerous Other Maine Veracities, Little, Brown and Company, page 25:

     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.

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

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

   • 2012, Sandra Hill, Kiss of Pride‎^[1], HarperCollins, published 2012, →ISBN:

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

Synonyms

• bareass
• bare-bum
• bare-butt

Translations

with the buttocks exposed

• Afrikaans: kaalgat (af)
• French: cul-nu (fr), nu-le-cul

Anagrams

• bear's ear