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    starkers
    /ˈstɑːkəz/

    adjective

    • 1. completely naked: British "he ran starkers across the pitch"
    • 2. mad; crazy: "his lifestyle would drive me starkers"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSTARKERS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Meaning of starkers in English. starkers. adjective [ after verb ] UKinformal often humorousuk/ˈstɑː.kəz/us/ˈstɑːr.kɚz/. Add to word listAdd to word list. naked. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not wearing or removing clothes. altogether.

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      Meaning of starkers in English. starkers. adjective [ after...

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › starkersStarkers Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of STARKERS is completely unclothed : naked. How to use starkers in a sentence.

  4. www.thefreedictionary.com › starkerStarker - definition of starker by The Free Dictionary

    adj. stark·er, stark·est. 1. Clearly distinguished or delineated: a stark contrast. 2. a. Bare, desolate, or unadorned: an apartment with stark white walls; the stark beauty of the desert landscape. b. Severe or unmitigated; harsh or grim: "[They] found it hard to accept such a stark portrait of unrelieved failure" (W. Bruce Lincoln). 3.

  5. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › starkerStarker Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. a. : rigid in or as if in death. b. : rigidly conforming (as to a pattern or doctrine) : absolute. stark discipline. 2. archaic : strong, robust. 3. : utter, sheer. stark nonsense. 4. a. : barren, desolate. b (1) : having few or no ornaments : bare. a stark white room. (2) : harsh, blunt. the stark realities of death.

  6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishstarkers adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

    Definition of starkers adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  7. www.yourdictionary.com › starkersStarkers Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Origin of Starkers. 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). From Wiktionary. Alteration of stark naked.

  8. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySTARKERS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    Meaning of starkers in English. starkers. adjective [ after verb ] UK informal often humorous us / ˈstɑːr.kɚz / uk / ˈstɑː.kəz / Add to word list. naked. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Not wearing or removing clothes. altogether. au naturel. bare naked idiom. barefoot. fling. go commando idiom. immodestly. immodesty.