Meaning

3 senses
  1. Small or inadequate; not generous; diminutive.

    They served a pretty skimpy portion of ice cream as the free birthday dessert.

    knapp, sparsam, spärlich

    ску́дныйskúdnyj

  2. Very small, light, or revealing.

    Have you ever seen such a skimpy bikini?

    knapp

    открове́нныйotkrovénnyj

    (of clothing) revealing the body

  3. Wearing skimpy clothing; scantily clad.

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Mary is dressed in a skimpy outfit.

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  2. Tom was surprised to see how skimpy Mary's new swimsuit was.

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  3. These girls are wearing skimpy clothes.

    deDiese Mädchen tragen knappe Kleidung.

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  4. She's only wearing a pair of skimpy briefs.

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  5. Her skimpy bikini turned heads at the pool.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
small or inadequate; not generous:
of a garment, very small, light, or revealing:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
small or inadequate; not generous:

Origin

From skimp + -y.

From skimp + -y.

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Forms

skimpier, skimpiest
Comparativeskimpier Lesson
Superlativeskimpiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (of clothing) revealing the body:scanty
  • containing little excess:lean

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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