buff
15
8.9
- idiom
- /bʌf/
- NSFW
:
en cueros
- I like to sleep in the buff.
- around in the buff
- tough in the buff
And Cuomo, the younger brother of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is seemingly seen in a screen grab screen grab strutting his stuff in the buff.
- And Cuomo, the younger brother of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is seemingly seen in a screen grab screen grab strutting his stuff in the buff.
Examples
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Joe comes into the room in the buff.
Fiction book (2001) -
Like you've never seen me in the buff.
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When he looked up, she was standing there in the buff with the office door shut.
Fiction book (1993) -
I swim in the buff.
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So I open the bathroom door, And I find Elliot in the buff, Completely naked..
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- Well, I definitely am a cuddler, and I always sleep in the buff.
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Another pretty boy in his kitchen, in the buff, squeezing citrus and singing Sondheim.
Fiction book (1999) -
And here he is in the buff, I guess, skinny dipping in New Jersey with a couple sticks to pretend he's pan.
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I prefer to relax at home in the buff on warm evenings.
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During the summer, I often swim in the buff when no one else is around.
Synonyms
8
9.0
The state of being without clothes
A person who has no clothes on
Being without clothes or covering on the body
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
In the buff meaning naked is often remembered by thinking of the pale colour of buff leather and bare skin, so the phrase came to mean 'without clothes'. A helpful way to remember it is to picture someone showing bare skin rather than wearing clothes.