Skimp

Verb

 * 1) To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.
 * 2) To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
 * 3) To save; to be parsimonious or stingy.

Related terms

 * skimpily
 * skimpy

Adjective

 * 1) Scanty.

Noun

 * 1) A skimpy or insubstantial thing, especially a piece of clothing.
 * 2) *2007, George Ella Lyon, With a Hammer for my Heart, p. 192:
 * I remembered how fierce it hurt and how it blistered. All that pain from just a skimp of flesh.
 * 1)  Underwear.
 * 2) *2007, Zoo Today:
 * While presenting a rundown of the sexiest soap stars in the world in this week's ZOO, Hollyoaks' Gemma Atkinson very kindly stripped down to her skimps herself.

Adverbs for Skimp
penuriously; niggardly; meanly; parsimoniously; selfishly; fanatically.

Thesaurus
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

Verb

 * Czech: odbýt, odfláknout
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 * Czech:
 * Finnish:, ,  pihtailla,


 * Norwegian: spinke, knipe
 * Russian: скупиться


 * Czech:
 * Dutch: beknibbelen
 * Finnish:, ,  pihtailla,


 * Norwegian: spinke
 * Russian: скупиться