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skinny-dip

skinny-dip

4 8.9
A swim while naked, often outdoors
  • noun
  • /ˈskɪni dɪp/
  • NSFW
translation icon : baño desnudo
  • How was that romantic little skinny-dip last night?
  • go skinny-dipping

Examples

  • Skinny-dip!

    Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

  • These guys tried to get me to go skinny-dipping.

    Porky's II: The Next Day (1983)

  • When we were young, many of us went in for skinny-dipping.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Steal a car, do some skinny-dipping, shave our heads?

    Country Strong (2010)

  • Why don't we stop for a moment and have a skinny-dip?

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Yeah, but after that, Remember when we broke into the rec center and we went skinny dipping?

    Dead Awake (2010)

  • While the skinny-dipping allegations against Handy are unusual, it is not out of the ordinary for ethics charges to be based on judges' social conduct, said two judicial ethics experts.

    Academic text (1993)

  • We decided to have a midnight skinny-dip in the lake under the stars.

  • During their vacation, they enjoyed a spontaneous skinny-dip in the warm ocean.

  • She suggested a skinny-dip to cool off after the long hike in the summer heat.

Surface Forms

skinny-dip singular
skinny-dips plural

Morphology

skinny-dip = skinny + dip (semi-transparent) = skinny + dip

The components 'skinny' + 'dip' are recognizable, but 'skinny' normally means 'thin' rather than 'naked', so the compound's meaning 'swim naked' can be misleading to learners.

Etymology

Skinny-dip is made of two simple words: skinny and dip. Skinny here suggests being 'without clothes' and dip means 'a quick swim', so a skinny-dip is a swim taken while naked.