skimp

Speech parts

1. skimp - Noun

2. skimp - Adjective

3. skimp - Verb

Meaning

To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.

To save; to be parsimonious or niggardly.

Scanty.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

stint scant scrimp scamp gristle poor save thin slight spare scarce sparse screw lean slender
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Antonyms

blue BIG waste spend blow abundant
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Hypernyms

work provide trammel supply limit bound

Phrases with the word

skimp on skimp on meals

Derivatives

skimped skimping

Examples

If any of you have seen my shows, you know that I don't skimp on them and the same is true for the gym. We spend what it takes to make a globally first-class gym. Madonna (entertainer)

I never skimp on TV. I watch an embarrassing amount of TV shows. I don't even know how I do it. Dakota Fanning

When people say, 'Hey, wanna come to our house for dinner?' I say, 'Yeah, what should I bring?' They say, 'How about the dessert?' I just don't skimp on the dessert. I make it the yummy way it should be made, and then I just don't eat the whole pan. Summer Sanders

stint with the allowance Source: Internet

scratch and scrimp Source: Internet

By the way, as Beer points out, it’s tempting, in low-level code – especially if it is performance critical – to assume that untrusted data will have been sanitised already, and therefore to skimp on error checking code at the very point it matters most. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

skimo skimobile skimobiling skimp and save skimp on skimp on meals