skimp

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) IPA: /skɪmp/

Verb

skimp (skimps, present participle skimping; past and past participle skimped)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of.

   I thought Adie was only skimpin' me.

Verb

skimp (skimps, present participle skimping; past and past participle skimped)

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

Related terms

• skimpily
• skimpy

Translations

• German: nachlässig erledigen, (colloquial) schludern
• Italian: sottovalutare
• Russian: халту́рить

Translations

• French: lésiner
• German: knausern
• Italian: lesinare
• Russian: скупиться

Translations

• German: knapp halten, (colloquial) knausern
• Italian: lesinare
• Russian: скупиться
• Spanish: escatimar

Adjective

skimp

1. (dated, UK, dialect or US, colloquial) Scanty.

Noun

skimp (plural skimps)

1. 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.

2. (in the plural, colloquial) Underwear.
   • 2007, [https://web.archive.org/web/20100501085331/http://www.zootoday.com/girls/archive/2006/10/02/n8d7j3om03oq.htm 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.

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