Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bare-bum

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

Syllables: bare-bum
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

With one's bottom exposed, as for a spanking or a mooning.

adj

Example Sentences

"Of course I do, Gran! Julian is always walking around bare-bum. I know all about boys and girls. And love and babies and all."
"Having never experienced communal bare-bum soaking European style, I was sure I'd wandered into the men's room."
"We discovered trout and bears and foxes. And bees^([sic]) nests! Not to mention how to swim bare-bum down rocky falls."

Etymology

From bare + bum.

Inflected Forms

barebum (alternative)

Synonyms

bare-arse bareass bare-butt

Questions

What does bare-bum mean?: With one's bottom exposed, as for a spanking or a mooning.
Where does bare-bum come from?: From bare + bum.

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