birthday suit

noun

Definition of birthday suitnext
as in nudity
the state of having no clothes on one's body with all of the resort guests in their birthday suits, socioeconomic differences became invisible and irrelevant

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Recent Examples of birthday suit Or even do gardening in your birthday suit? — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2026 Jenner is no stranger to baring it all in the name of fashion, from freeing the nipple on the runway in a naked dress to ringing in her 30th birthday in nothing but her birthday suit during a tropical getaway. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 26 Jan. 2026 Seeing a serial killer in his birthday suit can go a long way. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025 When things are about to get hot and heavy, Nielsen’s Drebin pulls tears off his suit to reveal…his birthday suit. — Barry Levitt, Time, 1 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for birthday suit
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  1. nudity
  2. nude
Noun
  • Feminism-wise, Holzinger uses the obviousness of nudity to make fairly nuanced interventions.
    — Lauren Oyler, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • Instead, Apple and Google have introduced on-device safety features for minors that detect nudity and blur images without automatically notifying the companies.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 20 July 2026
Definition of nudity
Noun
  • Think nudes that blend into your fingers like a subtle tint, or a pop of red that instantly livens up a wardrobe full of neutrals without seeming overly loud.
    — Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 19 July 2026
  • At the beginning of the year, Grok sparked outrage for being used to generate millions of conconsensual nudes of real people, including children, disturbing some employees, according to Bloomberg.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 16 July 2026
Definition of nude

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“Birthday suit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/birthday%20suit. Accessed 24 Jul. 2026.

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