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barearse

barearse is the alternative spelling of bare-arse.

Meaning of bare-arse

Adjective

bare-arse (not comparable)

  1. (literally) With the buttocks exposed, as for a spanking or a mooning.
  2. (broadly) Stark naked.
    • 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.1969, John Gould, The Jonesport Raffle, and Numerous Other Maine Veracities, Little, Brown and Company, page 25

Origin of barearse

From bare + arse.

Questions about barearse

What is barearse the alternative spelling of?
Barearse is the alternative spelling of bare-arse.

Words near barearse in the dictionary

  1. bare-roots
  2. bare-shouldered
  3. bare-skin
  4. bare-throated bellbird
  5. bareable
  6. barearse
  7. barearses
  8. bareass
  9. bareasses
  10. bareback
  11. barebacked

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