peeled

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. (used informally) completely unclothedSynonyms: bare-assedbare-assin the altogetherin the buffin the rawrawnaked as a jaybirdstark naked
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Peel \Peel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Peeled (p[=e]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Peeling.] [F. peler to pull out the hair, to strip, to peel, fr. L. pilare to deprive of hair, fr. pilus a hair; or perh. partly fr. F. peler to peel off the skin, perh. fr. L. pellis skin (cf. Fell skin). Cf. Peruke.]

1.To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by drawing or tearing off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to flay; to decorticate; as, to peel an orange. [1913 Webster]

The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc. [1913 Webster]


peeled \peeled\ (p[=e]ld) adj. Naked; -- used informally.

Syn: bare-assed, bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the raw, raw, naked as a jaybird, stark naked. [WordNet 1.5]

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