Word Study
skimp
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb skimp has 4 senses
- skimp(v = verb.social) scant - work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially; Array is one way to work
- skimp(v = verb.social) scant - limit in quality or quantity; Array is one way to restrict
- skimp(v = verb.possession) scrimp, stint - subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp" is one way to save
- skimp(v = verb.possession) scant, stint - supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance" is one way to furnish, provide, render, supply
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CIDE DICTIONARY
- To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp. [1913 Webster]
- To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp. [1913 Webster]
skimp, v. i.
To save; to be parsimonious or niggardly. [1913 Webster]
skimp, a.
Scanty. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
skimp, v., adj., & n.
--v.
1 tr. (often foll. by in) supply (a person etc.) meagrely with food, money, etc.
2 tr. use a meagre or insufficient amount of, stint (material, expenses, etc.).
3 intr. be parsimonious.
--adj. scanty.
--n. colloq. a small or scanty thing, esp. a skimpy garment.
--v.
1 tr. (often foll. by in) supply (a person etc.) meagrely with food, money, etc.
2 tr. use a meagre or insufficient amount of, stint (material, expenses, etc.).
3 intr. be parsimonious.
--adj. scanty.
--n. colloq. a small or scanty thing, esp. a skimpy garment.
Etymology
18th c.: orig. unkn.: cf. SCRIMP
THESAURUS
skimp
begrudge, blink, carefully ignore, cold-shoulder, cut a corner, cut corners, dodge, economize, enforce economies, exiguous, famish, fudge, grudge, husband, keep within compass, live upon nothing, make ends meet, manage, pass over, pass over lightly, pinch, pinch pennies, poor, put something aside, save, scamp, scant, scanty, scrape, scrape and save, screw, scrimp, scrimpy, short, skim, skim over, skim the surface, skimpy, skip over, slight, slubber over, slur, slur over, spare, sparse, starve, stint, touch upon, touch upon lightly
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