Bare-arse

Alternative forms

• barearse

Origin

bare naked + arse anus, bottom.

Full definition of bare-arse

Adjective

1. (literally) With the buttocks exposed, as for a spanking or a mooning.
2. (by extension) Stark naked.
• 1969, John Gould (columnist), The Jonesport Raffle, and Numerous Other Maine Veracities, Little, Brown and Company (1969), page 25:So he's pounding them off and is away over the hill in sweet dreams, and Clarice tippy-toes into the bedroom as quiet as fog coming off a millpond, and she takes off her clothes and stands there bare-arse looking out the window in the moonlight.
• 1990, Daniel Pollock, Lair of the Fox, HarperCollins (1990), ISBN 9780061000874, page 304:"I sleep bare-arse, Mrs. Bayram, always have, which you can come and check out any time you like."
• 2012, Sandra Hill, Kiss of Pride, HarperCollins (2012), ISBN 9780062063854, unnumbered page:"You exchanged vows bare-arse naked in front of an archangel?"

Synonyms

• bareass
• bare-bum
• bare-butt