stark naked

  • 1Stark naked — Stark Stark (st[aum]rk), adv. Wholly; entirely; absolutely; quite; as, stark mad. Shak. [1913 Webster] Held him strangled in his arms till he was stark dead. Fuller. [1913 Webster] {Stark naked}, wholly naked; quite bare. [1913 Webster] Strip… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2stark-naked — [stärk′nā′kid] adj. [altered (infl. by STARK) < ME stertnaked, lit., tail naked < stert < OE steort, tail, rump < IE * (s)terd : see START] absolutely naked …

    English World dictionary

  • 3stark naked — ► stark naked completely naked. Main Entry: ↑stark …

    English terms dictionary

  • 4stark naked — ADJ: ADJ after v, v link ADJ (emphasis) Someone who is stark naked is completely naked. All contestants competed stark naked …

    English dictionary

  • 5stark-naked — /stahrk nay kid/, adj. absolutely naked. [1520 30; STARK + NAKED; r. start naked (start, ME; OE steort tail; c. D staart, OHG sterz, ON stertr)] * * * …

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  • 6stark-naked — /stak ˈneɪkəd/ (say stahk naykuhd) adjective completely naked. {stark + naked; replacing Middle English start naked (start from Old English steort tail) …

  • 7stark naked — wearing nothing at all, naked as a jay bird, without a stitch of clothes on    The people on the beach were stark naked. They were members of a nudist colony …

    English idioms

  • 8stark naked — completely naked. He walked into the room stark naked …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 9stark naked — used for emphasizing that someone is not wearing any clothes at all The child was stark naked in the bathroom …

    English dictionary

  • 10stark naked — naked as the day he was born, completely naked, buck naked …

    English contemporary dictionary