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skimp

(skɪmp)

Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense skimps, present participle skimping, past tense, past participle skimped

verb

If you skimp on something, you use less time, money, or material for it than you really need, so that the result is not good enough.

Many families must skimp on their food and other necessities just to meet the monthlyrent. [VERB + on]

Synonyms: stint, scrimp, be sparing with, pinch More Synonyms of skimp

skimp in British English

(skɪmp)

verb

to be extremely sparing or supply (someone) sparingly; stint

to perform (work, etc) carelessly, hastily, or with inadequate materials

Word origin

C17: perhaps a combination of scant and scrimp

skimp in American English

(skɪmp)

adjective

1. Informal

scanty

verb intransitive

2. Informal

to give or allow too little; be stingy; scrimp

to keep expenses very low

verb transitive

4. Informal

to do poorly or carelessly

to be stingy in or toward; specif., to make too small, too short, etc.

Word origin

prob. altered < scrimp

Examples of 'skimp' in a sentence
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But Caroline would care too much about how she was perceived to skimp on that.But skimp the ordinary postage and the postman'll beat a path to your door to recover that outstanding penny.I'd bought a cheap cardboardy case in Perth, plus a skimp of clean clothes, so I could portray respectability.Gold was rare in China, but not so rare that the imperial family had to skimp on its burial goods.

(verb) in the sense of stint

Definition

to be extremely sparing or supply (someone) sparingly

Many families must skimp on their food and other necessities.

Synonyms

stint

scrimp

She has to scrimp and save to clothe her son.

be sparing with

pinch

Her aunt had had to pinch and save to buy her the things she wanted.

withhold

scant

cut corners

scamp

be mean with

be niggardly

tighten your belt

Opposites

squander

fritter away

be extravagant

blow (slang)

lavish

pour on

splurge

overspend

be generous with

throw money away

be prodigal

act as if you had money to burn

Additional synonyms

in the sense of pinch

Her aunt had had to pinch and save to buy her the things she wanted.

Synonyms

scrimp,

press,

spare,

distress,

stint,

afflict,

oppress,

skimp,

economize,

be stingy,

pinch pennies,

tighten your belt

in the sense of scrimp

Definition

to be very sparing in the use of something

She has to scrimp and save to clothe her son.

Synonyms

economize,

save,

scrape,

limit,

reduce,

pinch,

stint,

shorten,

curtail,

skimp,

be frugal,

pinch pennies,

tighten your belt,

straiten

Nearby words of
skimp

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skin
skin-deep

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单词	skimp
释义	Trends of skimp View usage for: skimp (skɪmp) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense skimps, present participle skimping, past tense, past participle skimped verb If you skimp on something, you use less time, money, or material for it than you really need, so that the result is not good enough. Many families must skimp on their food and other necessities just to meet the monthlyrent. [VERB + on] Synonyms: stint, scrimp, be sparing with, pinch More Synonyms of skimp skimp in British English (skɪmp) verb 1. to be extremely sparing or supply (someone) sparingly; stint 2. to perform (work, etc) carelessly, hastily, or with inadequate materials Word origin C17: perhaps a combination of scant and scrimp skimp in American English (skɪmp) adjective 1. Informal scanty verb intransitive 2. Informal to give or allow too little; be stingy; scrimp 3. to keep expenses very low verb transitive 4. Informal to do poorly or carelessly 5. to be stingy in or toward; specif., to make too small, too short, etc. Word origin prob. altered < scrimp Examples of 'skimp' in a sentence skimp But Caroline would care too much about how she was perceived to skimp on that. Val McDermid THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002) But skimp the ordinary postage and the postman'll beat a path to your door to recover that outstanding penny. Gash, Jonathan THE TARTAN RINGERS (2002) I'd bought a cheap cardboardy case in Perth, plus a skimp of clean clothes, so I could portray respectability. Gash, Jonathan THE TARTAN RINGERS (2002) Gold was rare in China, but not so rare that the imperial family had to skimp on its burial goods. Elizabeth Lowell JADE ISLAND (2002) (verb) in the sense of stint Definition to be extremely sparing or supply (someone) sparingly Many families must skimp on their food and other necessities. Synonyms stint scrimp She has to scrimp and save to clothe her son. be sparing with pinch Her aunt had had to pinch and save to buy her the things she wanted. withhold scant cut corners scamp be mean with be niggardly tighten your belt Opposites squander , fritter away , be extravagant , blow (slang) , lavish , pour on , splurge , overspend , be generous with , throw money away , be prodigal , act as if you had money to burn Additional synonyms in the sense of pinch Her aunt had had to pinch and save to buy her the things she wanted. Synonyms scrimp, press, spare, distress, stint, afflict, oppress, skimp, economize, be stingy, pinch pennies, tighten your belt in the sense of scrimp Definition to be very sparing in the use of something She has to scrimp and save to clothe her son. Synonyms economize, save, scrape, limit, reduce, pinch, stint, shorten, curtail, skimp, be frugal, pinch pennies, tighten your belt, straiten Nearby words of skimp skilled skim skim something off skimp skimpy skin skin-deep Synonyms of 'skimp' skimp Explore 'skimp' in the dictionary
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