SCRIMP

scrimp, stint, skimp

(verb) subsist on a meager allowance; “scratch and scrimp”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

scrimp (plural scrimps)

A pinching miser; a niggard.

Synonyms

• See also miser

Verb

scrimp (third-person singular simple present scrimps, present participle scrimping, simple past and past participle scrimped)

(transitive) To make too small or short.

Synonyms: scant, contract, shorten

(transitive) To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance.

(intransitive) To be frugal.

Adjective

scrimp (comparative more scrimp, superlative most scrimp)

Short; scanty; curtailed.

Anagrams

• crimps

Source: Wiktionary

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Scrimp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scrimped; p. pr. & vb. n. Scrimping.] Etym: [Cf. Dan. skrumpe, G. schrumpfen, D. krimpen. Cf. Shrimp, Shrine.]

Definition: To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat.

Scrimp, a.

Definition: Short; scanty; curtailed.

Scrimp, n.

Definition: A pinching miser; a niggard. [U.S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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