expose oneself
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To display one's genitalia or female nipples in a public place or in other inappropriate circumstances.
verb
To put oneself in a vulnerable position.
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see expose.
Example Sentences
- "The police arrested the man who had exposed himself in public."
- "On Thursday the police in Miami Beach arrested the man, Weston J. Hill, 44 years old, charging him with indecent exposure. . . . He had been charged with exposing himself to children."
- "While the President was on the telephone, according to Ms. Lewinsky, "he unzipped his pants and exposed himself," and she performed oral sex."
- "Elsewhere in Sweden recently, two underage girls pressed charges when a teenage boy exposed himself to them at a lake. The court decided, despite the victims' testimonies, that the offence was "not of a sexual nature" and dismissed it."
- "The soldiers exposed themselves by moving into unfamiliar territory."