UNDRESS
NOUNS
► DISHY BILLY a state of undress or careless dress; ‘deshabille’ → World War I Amer. sl.
VERBS
► AIR ONE’S PORES to undress oneself; to be naked → 1900s sl.
► CAST YOUR SKIN to pull off your clothes → 1890 sl. (Bk.)
► DETWEED to take off one’s clothes → 1980s Aust. sl.
► DIGHT OFF to undress → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DRESS OUT to undress → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► DROP ONE’S LAUNDRY to undress → 1940s US sl.
► GET ONE’S KIT OFF to remove one’s clothes, esp. so as to display one’s private parts in public → colloq.
► HUSK to undress → 1945 US sl.
► LAY OFF to take off an article of clothing → 1865 Amer. dial.
► PEEL ► PEEL OFF to take one’s clothes off, to undress → 1785 sl., orig. boxing sl.
► RAY to undress → 1829 Eng. dial.
► SHELL to remove some or all of one’s clothes; e.g. preparatory to a fight → 1832 UK sl.
► SHUCK to strip oneself; to undress → 1843 Amer. dial.
► SKIN to remove one’s clothing; to strip → M19 Brit. & US colloq.
► SKIN THE CAT to take off a garment in such a way as to leave it inside out → 1983 Amer. dial.
► SKIN THE LIVE RABBIT to undress; to undress someone; to take the clothing off a child; no negative connotations → 20C US sl.
► TIRR to take off one’s clothes; to undress, to strip → 1787 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► UNAPPAREL to undress, to disrobe → 1577 obs.
► UNARRAY to deprive of array; to undress, to disrobe → a1400 obs.
► UNBUSK to undress → 1596
► UNCASE to strip a person; to undress → 1570-6
► UNCLEAD to unclothe, to undress → a1300 obs.
► UNGEAR to undress, to unwrap; to strip off the clothes; to make naked → 1788 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► UNRAG to strip off the clothes; to undress → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► UNRAY to undress → 1867 Eng. dial.
► UNRIG to get undressed → L17 sl.
► UNRIND to undress → 1872 Eng. dial.
► WAIVE to cast off a garment → c1400 obs.
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