skinny-dip
to swim naked
TRANSLATION
skinny-dip (also skinny-dipping) = Nacktbaden --- GOOGLE INDEX skinny-dip: approximately 450,000 hits skinny-dipping: approximately 1,500,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
There are several areas along the river Isar which have been designated since the 1960s as nudist resorts. However, along much of its banks, even within the city of Munich, people can be seen SKINNY-DIPPING wherever they please.
(Wikipedia)
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Jennifer Wah is a self-described child of hippy parents who says there's no better feeling in the world than SKINNY-DIPPING.
(adapted from Communication World)
(Wikipedia)
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Jennifer Wah is a self-described child of hippy parents who says there's no better feeling in the world than SKINNY-DIPPING.
(adapted from Communication World)
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skinny-dip, skinny dipping
verb
- to swim totally naked
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WORD ORIGIN
In addition to meaning thin, skinny is also used in the sense of being related to the skin. This usage can be traced to the 1500s.
During World War II, skinny was also slang for “the naked truth”. By combing skinny with the word dip, which among other things refers to taking a quick swim, skinny-dip evolved in the 1950s to mean swimming or bathing in the nude.
Although nude bathing and skinny-dipping are really one and the same, there are subtle differences in context when they are used in the English language. Nude bathing implies just that: simply going for a swim in the nude as a form of relaxation and leisure. For some it's just a lifestyle.
For others however, skinny-dipping recalls images of young hippies frolicking at the Woodstock Festival. It depends on the situation. If you secretly went swimming in the nude at the hotel pool or if you and a bunch of friends shed your clothes at the local lake in the middle of the night for a quick plunge, then you went skinny-dipping.
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
“That was quite party last night. It ended up with skinny-dipping in the hotel pool!”
verb
- to swim totally naked
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WORD ORIGIN
In addition to meaning thin, skinny is also used in the sense of being related to the skin. This usage can be traced to the 1500s.
During World War II, skinny was also slang for “the naked truth”. By combing skinny with the word dip, which among other things refers to taking a quick swim, skinny-dip evolved in the 1950s to mean swimming or bathing in the nude.
Although nude bathing and skinny-dipping are really one and the same, there are subtle differences in context when they are used in the English language. Nude bathing implies just that: simply going for a swim in the nude as a form of relaxation and leisure. For some it's just a lifestyle.
For others however, skinny-dipping recalls images of young hippies frolicking at the Woodstock Festival. It depends on the situation. If you secretly went swimming in the nude at the hotel pool or if you and a bunch of friends shed your clothes at the local lake in the middle of the night for a quick plunge, then you went skinny-dipping.
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
“That was quite party last night. It ended up with skinny-dipping in the hotel pool!”
