Definizione monolingua

skimp

skimp (third-person singular simple present skimps, present participle skimping, simple past and past participle skimped)

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.

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, Zoo Today:

     While presenting a rundown of the sexiest soap stars in the world in this weeks ZOO, Hollyoaks Gemma Atkinson very kindly stripped down to her skimps herself.

skimp (comparative more skimp, superlative most skimp)

1. Scanty.

Definizione dizionario skimp

	sottovalutare
	to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp

economizzare

lesinare

risparmiare

Altri significati:

to save; to be parsimonious or stingy

to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp

(in the plural, colloquial) Underwear.

To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.

A skimpy or insubstantial thing, especially a piece of clothing.

To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.

To save; to be parsimonious or stingy.

Scanty.