Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skinny diving

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables: skin-ny -div-ing
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of skinny dipping.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

""I don’t want to go swimming," she said apprehensively. "I—don’t have my suit, and you’d better not think I’m going skinny-diving with you, because I’m not.""
"Her skin was smooth and tanned. Barrett saw no tan line as the pants pulled high on her bottom. Christ, he wondered, was she still skinny dipping with the boys? [...] "You’re not still skinny diving with those Delius boys, are you?""
"The moon is full tonight; why don’t we go skinny diving and stay out until morning?"
"After Israel won its Six-Day War with the Arab states, Sharon went skinny-diving and spearfishing in the newly captured enemy territory."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

skinny-diving (alternative)

Synonyms

skinny dipping

Questions

What does skinny diving mean?: Synonym of skinny dipping.

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