"free-boob" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: free-boobs [present, singular, third-person], free-boobing [participle, present], free-boobed [participle, past], free-boobed [past]
Etymology: free + boob, modelled on freeball. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|free|boob}} free + boob, {{m|en|freeball}} freeball Head templates: {{en-verb}} free-boob (third-person singular simple present free-boobs, present participle free-boobing, simple past and past participle free-boobed)
  1. (intransitive, slang, rare) To go braless under one's outer clothing. Tags: intransitive, rare, slang Categories (topical): Underwear

Inflected forms

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