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"word": "Harry starkers"
}
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"etymology_text": "* \"naked\": British slang, from 1923, combining (like a popular etymology) two meanings of stark (“strong, utterly; barren”) with stark naked, which is from Old English steort (“tail”), referring to the tail-end (as in butt-naked).\n* \"crazy\": stark (“shortening of stark raving mad”) + -ers",
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"word": "stark bollock naked"
}
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{
"text": "Entering the bathroom, I found Bill there, still starkers after his bath."
}
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"Completely nude."
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"(chiefly British, slang) Completely nude."
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "spiernaakt"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 40",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "moedernaakt"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "puitebloot"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 40",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "à poil"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 40",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "splitternackt"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 40",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tsítsidos",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "τσίτσιδος"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 40",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "supponpon",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "すっぽんぽん"
},
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"_dis1": "60 40",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "goły jak święty turecki"
},
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"_dis1": "60 40",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "golusieńki"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 40",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "w czym Pan Bóg stworzył"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 40",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "w stroju Adama"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 40",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "spritt språngande naken"
},
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"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
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"Stark raving mad."
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"(informal) Stark raving mad."
],
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},
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"ipa": "/ˈstɑɹkɚz/",
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"enpr": "stärʹkərz"
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"word": "Harry starkers"
}
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{
"word": "stark bollock naked"
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"English slang"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Entering the bathroom, I found Bill there, still starkers after his bath."
}
],
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"Completely nude."
],
"links": [
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],
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"(chiefly British, slang) Completely nude."
],
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"Stark raving mad."
],
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],
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"(informal) Stark raving mad."
],
"tags": [
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"not-comparable"
]
}
],
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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]
},
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"tags": [
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],
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}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "spiernaakt"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "moedernaakt"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "puitebloot"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "à poil"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "splitternackt"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "tsítsidos",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "τσίτσιδος"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "supponpon",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "すっぽんぽん"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "goły jak święty turecki"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "golusieńki"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "w czym Pan Bóg stworzył"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "w stroju Adama"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "spritt språngande naken"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "completely nude — see also stark naked",
"word": "nakenfis"
}
],
"word": "starkers"
}
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