bareback

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
21
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈbɛəbæk/ (UK)
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/ˈbɛəbæk/ (UK) · /ˈbɛɚbæk/ (US)

Definition of bareback

8 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Without a saddle.
    “bareback riding”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Without a saddle.
    “bareback riding”
  2. (not-comparable, slang)Without a condom.
    “bareback sex”
  3. (dated, not-comparable)Without a shirt; shirtless.
    “‘Bareback’ bathing for men, heretofore taboo in Atlantic City, broke down the last line of official resistance today and will be allowed this Summer.”

adv

  1. (not-comparable)Without a saddle.
    “I can ride a horse bareback.”
  2. (not-comparable, slang)Without a condom.
    “We had sex bareback.”

verb

  1. (ambitransitive)To ride without a saddle.
  2. (ambitransitive, slang)To have sex (with someone) without using a condom.

noun

  1. A bird, raised for meat, that lacks feathers, seen as an undesirable trait.
    “Buyers discount many broiler flocks by from one to five cents a pound due to barebacks, but the loss to the industry does not end there. Barebacked broilers slow down the pickers in the dressing plants which results in a loss in labor.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From bare + back.

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