Skimp

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /skɪmp/
• Rhymes: -ɪmp

Origin

Full definition of skimp

Verb

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.

Related terms

• skimpily
• skimpy

Adjective

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

Noun

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 week's ZOO, Hollyoaks' Gemma Atkinson very kindly stripped down to her skimps herself.