in the buff

in the buff

adjective

(used informally) completely unclothed

• Syn:

↑bare-assed, ↑bare-ass, ↑in the altogether, ↑in the raw, ↑raw, ↑peeled, ↑naked as a jaybird, ↑stark naked

• Similar to: ↑unclothed

• Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism

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(informal).See naked sense 1.

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in the buff (informal)

Naked

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Main Entry: ↑buff

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in the buff informal phrase

wearing no clothes

Thesaurus: not wearing clothes or a particular type of clothes_synonym to remove clothes and not wear clothes_hyponym

Main entry: buff

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informal naked

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in the buff

informal : not wearing any clothes : ↑naked

They sunbathe in the buff. [=in the nude]

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Main Entry: ↑buff

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in the ˈbuff idiom

(informal) wearing no clothes

Main entry: ↑buff_idiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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to the buff — informal : to a naked condition They stripped down to the buff. [=they took all their clothes off] • • • Main Entry: ↑buff … Useful english dictionary
in the buff — 1. adjective Nude. She was in the buff on the beach. 2. adverb While nude. The streaker ran in the buff across the playing field … Wiktionary
in the buff — mod. naked. □ You know who sleeps in the buff. □ You can save hundreds of dollars in a lifetime by not buying pajamas and sleeping in the buff instead … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
in the buff — ► in the buff informal naked. Main Entry: ↑buff … English terms dictionary
in the buff — old fashioned naked. He came out of the bedroom in the buff … New idioms dictionary
in the buff — Meaning Naked. Origin Apparently originates from the buff coloured shorts soldiers stripped down to for medical parades … Meaning and origin of phrases
in the buff — naked, nude At our house, we walk around in the buff. Nude is natural, eh … English idioms
in the buff — informal naked. → buff … English new terms dictionary
In the buff — in the nude; naked … Dictionary of Australian slang
in the buff — Australian Slang in the nude; naked … English dialects glossary

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