Definition of In the buff

1. Adjective. (used informally) completely unclothed.

Exact synonyms: Bare-ass, Bare-assed, In The Altogether, In The Raw, Naked As A Jaybird, Peeled, Raw, Stark Naked
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Unclothed

Definition of In the buff

1. Adjective. (idiomatic informal) Nude. ¹

2. Adverb. (idiomatic informal) While nude. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of In The Buff

in that location
in that respect
in the abstract
in the act
in the adjacent apartment
in the adjacent house
in the air
in the altogether
in the bag
in the ballpark
in the bargain
in the beginning
in the black
in the blink of an eye
in the buff (current term)
in the cards
in the clear
in the crosshairs
in the dark
in the dock
in the doghouse
in the driver's seat
in the dumps
in the end
in the eyes of
in the face of
in the family way
in the fast lane

Literary usage of In the buff

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"Black feathers, or even black specks in the plumage of the White variety, are serious defects, and in the Buff variety black or white in any part of the ..."

2. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"Pad in the buff liquor, as formerly prescribed. 4. Ground in upon the buff spots, the discharge No. 2, presently ;: oe described. 5. ..."

3. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1903)
"The manganese nodules in the buff, ferruginous sand are very interesting and fairly abundant. I shall refer to them again when dealing with the lithology of ..."

4. Bulletin (1899)
"The identity of the two localities is proved by the fact that one of the typical and peculiar fossil corals of Bowden occurs in the Buff Bay material as ..."

5. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1909)
"Yet I think there is a strong immediate affective judgment there too, as there is in the buff which is not called artistic." "The contrast in 90 made both ..."

6. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1892)
"It approaches the Widgeon in the shape and color of its bill, in the buff markings on the side of the head, ..."

7. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"Black feathers, or even black specks in the plumage of the White variety, are serious defects, and in the Buff variety black or white in any part of the ..."

8. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"Pad in the buff liquor, as formerly prescribed. 4. Ground in upon the buff spots, the discharge No. 2, presently ;: oe described. 5. ..."

9. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1903)
"The manganese nodules in the buff, ferruginous sand are very interesting and fairly abundant. I shall refer to them again when dealing with the lithology of ..."

10. Bulletin (1899)
"The identity of the two localities is proved by the fact that one of the typical and peculiar fossil corals of Bowden occurs in the Buff Bay material as ..."

11. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1909)
"Yet I think there is a strong immediate affective judgment there too, as there is in the buff which is not called artistic." "The contrast in 90 made both ..."

12. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1892)
"It approaches the Widgeon in the shape and color of its bill, in the buff markings on the side of the head, ..."

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