skinny-dip

verb

skin·​ny-dip ˈski-nē-ˌdip How to pronounce skinny-dip (audio)
skinny-dipped; skinny-dipping; skinny-dips

intransitive verb

: to swim in the nude
skinny-dip noun
skinny-dipper noun

Examples of skinny-dip in a Sentence

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The rest of the team goes off on their own adventures: Rhonda immediately strips down to go skinny-dipping in the pond. Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 8 May 2024 And the culture occurred among the Danish writers to go skinny-dipping. Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2023 Judith is a 78-year-old crossword puzzle specialist who occasionally skinny-dips in the Thames. Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2024 Oilman Tex Moncrief remembered skinny-dipping at a swimming hole on the West Fork. Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 May 2024 The prospect of making the pilgrimage to many of the spots contained therein was far-fetched, but scrolling through the list lent a warmth to that drab afternoon, now filled with richly detailed daydreams about skinny-dipping at a five-star hotel in Gstaad. Adina Glickstein, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2024 Nash-Betts wasn't kidding about the couple's love of skinny-dipping. Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2024 John Quincy Adams went skinny-dipping daily Sixth president John Quincy Adams used to go skinny-dipping in the Potomac River. Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2024 Feldman, a Broadway alum and Dear Evan Hansen star, is the repressed foil to Lawrence's chaotic temptress, and Lawrence attacks the role with gusto, weathering accidental mace attacks and skinny-dipping shenanigans. Devan Coggan, EW.com, 22 June 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of skinny-dip was in 1964

Dictionary Entries Near skinny-dip

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“Skinny-dip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skinny-dip. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

skinny-dip

verb
skin·​ny-dip
ˈskin-ē-ˌdip
: to swim in the nude
skinny-dipper noun
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