Meaning

4 senses

  1. (Northern England, Scotland)To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of.

    I thought Adie was only skimpin' me.

  2. (transitive)To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.

    nachlässig erledigen, schludern

    халту́ритьxaltúritʹ

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

    knausern

    скупитьсяskupitʹsja

  4. (intransitive)To save; to be parsimonious or stingy.

    knapp halten, knausern

    скупитьсяskupitʹsja, экономитьekonomitʹ

More definitions
  • work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
  • supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
  • limit in quality or quantity
  • subsist on a meager allowance

Examples

5 sentences

  1. He doesn't skimp on the expenses.

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  2. We skimped on the hotel fees and slept outside.

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  3. Tom skimps on food.

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  4. The company decided to skimp on the quality of its products to boost the profit margin.

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  5. Make me a BLT sandwich. And don't skimp on the bacon!

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp:
to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp:
to save; to be parsimonious or stingy:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp:
to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp:
to save; to be parsimonious or stingy:

Origin

Perhaps of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skimpijaną (“to skip, da

Perhaps of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skimpijaną (“to skip, dance, gesture, mock”). Cognate with Icelandic skimpa (“to scoff at, scorn”), dialectal Swedish skimpa (“to skip, dance”), Faroese skumpa (“to shove, bump”), German schimpfen (“to grumble, scold”), Dutch schimpen (“to mock, make fun of, scold”). Possibly distantly related to change.

Probably related to scamp and scrimp.

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Forms

skimps, skimping, skimped, skimped
Base formskimp · to skimp
3rd person singularskimps
Present participleskimping
Past simpleskimped
Past participleskimped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyskimp
he, she, itskimps

Past simpleLesson

all personsskimped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave skimped
he, she, ithas skimped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill skimp

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially:scant
  • supply sparingly and with restricted quantities:stintscant
  • limit in quality or quantity:scant
  • subsist on a meager allowance:scrimpstint

Word family

5 related words
Relatedskimpflationskimpilyskimpy
Derivedskimperunskimped

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
skillfullyB2skimB2skimpyskinB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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