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The Britannica Dictionary skinny–dip 1 ENTRIES FOUND:

• skinny–dip (verb)

skinny–dip /ˈskɪniˌdɪp/ verb skinny–dips; skinny–dipped; skinny–dipping skinny–dip /ˈskɪniˌdɪp/ verb skinny–dips; skinny–dipped; skinny–dipping Britannica Dictionary definition of SKINNY–DIP [no object] informal : to swim without wearing any clothes

• We used to skinny-dip in the lake.

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— skinny–dip

noun, plural skinny–dips [count]

• They went for a skinny-dip in the lake.

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— skinny–dipper

/ˈskɪniˌdɪpɚ/ noun, plural skinny–dippers [count]

— skinny–dipping

noun [noncount]

• Let's go skinny-dipping.

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