absol. To use or practise economy or frugality; to be parsimonious or niggardly; to live or act sparingly.

transitive. Frequent in phrases expressive of actions referred to allusively or figuratively, as to lick one's fingers, to lick one's lips, an…

intransitive. To be parsimonious or stingy; to hoard wealth like a miser.

intransitive and transitive. Of an animal, esp. a dog: to attack or seize (prey, etc.) with the teeth or jaws; to bite; to nip with the teeth. Obs…

intransitive. To be grudging or stingy; to stint. Also with for specifying what has been stinted. Only in negative constructions. Obsolete.

intransitive. To be mean or niggardly.

In proverbial phrases. as plain as pottage: obvious, clearly apparent. to keep one's breath to cool one's pottage = to keep one's breath to cool one…

transitive. To dispense in a niggardly fashion; to be sparing of. Also with it.

intransitive. To be or become niggardly or parsimonious. Scottish.

transitive. = niggard, v. 1. Also intransitive: to behave in a niggardly manner.

intransitive. To eke out one's means; to be parsimonious. Also transitive to force (a person) to pay beyond his or her means. Obsolete.

intransitive. To avoid spending money; to economize. Frequently paired with pinch or save. Now rare.

Chiefly English regional (east midlands) and U.S. regional (New England). intransitive. To be frugal, to economize; = scrimp, v. 1b.

intransitive. To be thrifty, parsimonious, or mean; to be frugal, to economize.

intransitive to behave in a stingy manner.

transitive. To limit or restrict the supply of (money, bounty, etc.); to stint; to give (something) sparingly or grudgingly. Now British regional…

intransitive. To be niggardly or parsimonious. Frequently with on.