APAD: skinny dipping

Definition

   swimming in the nude

 

Examples

   1) We went skinny dipping under the moonlight at a secluded beach.

   2) After a long hike through the secluded forest, they decided to cool off by

      skinny dipping in the pristine mountain lake.

 

Etymology

   The term likely originates from the idea of dipping into water while unclothed.

 

Synonyms

   nude swimming, bare bathing

 

- englishdaily626.com [edited]

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Back in the 70s when the ponds filled up after a summer rain, we village boys

would go skinny dipping. On muggy evenings, even some adults joined in. After

all, they'd been boys themselves and done everything we did.