skimp
English
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /skɪmp/
Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪmp
Etymology 1
Perhaps of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gmq" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skimpijaną. Cognate with Icelandic skimpa (“to scoff at, scorn”), German schimpfen (“to grumble, scold”), Dutch schimpen (“to mock, make fun of, scold”).
Verb
skimp (third-person singular simple present skimps, present participle skimping, simple past and past participle skimped)
- (Scotland, Northern England) To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of.
- I thought Adie was only skimpin' me.
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Etymology 2
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Verb
skimp (third-person singular simple present skimps, present participle skimping, simple past and past participle skimped)
- (transitive) To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.
- To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
- (intransitive) To save; to be parsimonious or stingy.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:skimp.
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Adjective
skimp (comparative more skimp, superlative most skimp)
Noun
skimp (plural skimps)
- A skimpy or insubstantial thing, especially a piece of clothing.
- 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.
- 2007, George Ella Lyon, With a Hammer for my Heart, p. 192:
- (in the plural, colloquial) Underwear.
- 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.
- 2007, Zoo Today:
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