bare-bum

See also: barebum

English

Alternative forms

• barebum

Etymology

From bare +‎ bum.

Adjective

bare-bum (not comparable)

1. (literally) With one's bottom exposed, as for a spanking or a mooning.
2. (by extension) Stark naked.
   • 1992, Louise Leblanc, Maddie in Goal (trans. Sarah Cummins), Formac (1992; original French book published 1991), →ISBN, page 12:

     "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 April, Martie Sterling, “My Last, Last Run”, in Ski:

     Having never experienced communal bare-bum soaking European style, I was sure I'd wandered into the men's room.

   • 2009, John B. Duffield, A Cry for Help‎^[1], →ISBN, page 21:

     We discovered trout and bears and foxes. And bees^[sic] nests! Not to mention how to swim bare-bum down rocky falls.

Synonyms

• bare-arse
• bareass
• bare-butt

Translations

with the bum exposed

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