Starkers

Pronunciation

• RP IPA: /ˈstɑːkÉ™z/
• US enPR: stärʹkÉ™rz, IPA: /ˈstÉ‘rkÉšz/

Origin

British slang, from 1923, combining (like a popular etymology) two meanings of stark ("strong, utterly; barren") with stark naked, which is from Old English steort ("tail"), referring to the tail-end (as in butt-naked).

Full definition of starkers

Adjective

1. (chiefly British, slang) Completely nude.Entering the bathroom, I found Bill there, still starkers after his bath.

Synonyms

• bare
• butt-naked
• in one's birthday suit
• in the bare
• in the nuddy
• in the nude
• naked
• naked as the day one was born
• nude
• undressed

Antonyms

• dressed

Related terms

• stark bollock naked