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Etymology

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From bare +‎ back.

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Adjective

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bareback (not comparable)

  1. Without a saddle.
    bareback riding
  2. Without a condom.
    bareback sex
  3. (dated) Without a shirt; shirtless.
    • 1937 March 30, Bareback Bathing Ban Off, The New York Times:
      Bareback’ bathing for men, heretofore taboo in Atlantic City, broke down the last line of official resistance today and will be allowed this Summer.

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Adverb

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bareback (not comparable)

  1. Without a saddle.
    I can ride a horse bareback.
  2. (slang) Without a condom.
    We had sex bareback.

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Verb

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bareback (third-person singular simple present barebacks, present participle barebacking, simple past and past participle barebacked)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To engage in penetrative sex without a condom.
  2. (transitive, slang) To sexually penetrate without a condom.
    In this video, the big guy gets to bareback the little guy.

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Noun

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bareback (plural barebacks)

  1. A bird, raised for meat, that lacks feathers, seen as an undesirable trait.
    • 1950, Poultry Digest, volume 9, page 91:
      Buyers discount many broiler flocks by from one to five cents a pound due to barebacks, but the loss to the industry does not end there. Barebacked broilers slow down the pickers in the dressing plants which results in a loss in labor.