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starkers

/ˈstɑːkəz/US/ˈstɑɹkɚz/

starkers adjective: completely nude.

Adjective

starkers (not comparable)

  1. (UK, slang) Completely nude.
    • Entering the bathroom, I found Bill there, still starkers after his bath.
  2. (informal) Stark raving mad.

Synonyms of starkers

Antonyms

Origin of starkers

* "naked": 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). * "crazy": stark (“shortening of stark raving mad”) + -ers

Words formed from starkers

Questions about starkers

What does starkers mean?
Starkers means completely nude.
What part of speech is starkers?
Starkers is an adjective.
How do you pronounce starkers?
Starkers is pronounced /ˈstɑːkəz/ (UK).

Words near starkers in the dictionary

  1. starkening
  2. starkens
  3. starker
  4. Starker exchange
  5. Starker exchanges
  6. starkers
  7. Starkes
  8. Starkeses
  9. starkest
  10. Starkey
  11. starkeyite

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