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skinny-dipper

skinny-dipper

8.9
A person who swims naked in a lake or sea
  • noun
  • /ˈskɪniˌdɪpər/
  • NSFW
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  • He never imagined he'd become a skinny-dipper until his friends convinced him.

Examples

  • Late at night, the group of skinny-dippers laughed as they slipped into the lake.

  • Madeline admitted she had once been a skinny-dipper during her college years.

  • He is a skinny-dipper at the lake every summer.

  • Many skinny-dippers enjoy the freedom of swimming without clothes.

  • During a hot summer night, a group of friends decided to be skinny-dippers at the secluded lake.

  • The river was so inviting that she became a skinny-dipper and felt free as she swam under the stars.

  • They were known as the local skinny-dippers, often seen enjoying the cool water during warm evenings.

Surface Forms

skinny-dipper singular
skinny-dippers plural

Morphology

skinny-dipper = skinny + dipper (transparent) = skinny + dip + er

A literal compound of 'skinny' + 'dipper' (where 'dipper' = dip + -er), so the components directly yield the meaning.

Etymology

Skinny-dipper is a playful joining of skinny ('thin' or 'without clothes') and dipper ('someone who dips into water'), so it literally names a person who goes into a lake or sea without clothes.