skinny-dip

[skin-ee-dip]

verb (used without object)

skinny-dipped, skinny-dipping 

1. to swim in the nude.

noun

1. a swim in the nude.

skinny-dip

verb

1. (intr) to swim in the nude

Other Word Forms

• skinny dipping noun
• skinny-dipper noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of skinny-dip¹

Probably earlier than 1960–65

Example Sentences

Hoping to skinny-dip, we scrambled down a narrow path.

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As when, upon being interrupted while skinny-dipping with Percy, Maddie rushes out of the ocean to deliver a buck-naked beat down to some townies trying to steal their clothes.

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Here she is on “Fishtail,” whisper-singing a metaphysical compliment so hot, it probably flattered its recipient into oblivion: “You’re so funny, I wish I could skinny-dip inside your mind.”

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Whether she was recounting her love for skinny-dipping, playing practical jokes or plunging into a new writing project, her sense of play and humor endeared her to friends and readers.

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Flossie joins the Women’s Land Army, remaining at Chilcombe, where the finances have become predictably shaky, skinny-dipping with a German prisoner of war as vegetables fill their onetime proscenium.

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Related Words

• bathe 
• crawl 
• dive 
• float 
• glide 
• paddle 
• submerge 
• wade