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skimp definition

skimp (skimp)

adjective

Informal scanty

Etymology: prob. altered < scrimp

intransitive verb

  1. Informal to give or allow too little; be stingy; scrimp
  2. to keep expenses very low

transitive verb

  1. Informal to do poorly or carelessly
  2. to be stingy in or toward; specif., to make too small, too short, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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