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- Dictionaryskimp/skɪmp/
verb
- 1. expend or use less time, money, or material on something than is necessary in an attempt to economize: "don't skimp on insurance when you book your holidays" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a fashionably short or revealing garment: informal "she wore a yellow skimp"
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to not spend enough time or money on something, or to not use enough of something in order to do a job or activity as it should be done: Many old people skimp on food and heating in order to meet their bills. When choosing a hotel, do not skimp. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Budgeting money. balance. budget.
: to give insufficient or barely sufficient attention or effort to or funds for. intransitive verb. : to save by or as if by skimping. Synonyms. Adjective. exiguous. hand-to-mouth. light. meager. meagre. niggardly. poor. scanty. scarce. skimpy. slender. slim. spare. sparing. sparse. stingy.
Skimp is usually used in negative contexts, though usually ones that are not too serious. It’s often used when people complain that they haven’t been given enough of something, especially food that they’ve ordered.
to not spend enough time or money on something, or to not use enough of something in order to do a job or activity as it should be done: Many old people skimp on food and heat in order to meet their bills. When choosing a hotel, do not skimp. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Budgeting money. balance. budget.
The verb skimp refers to using a limited amount of something. When tomato prices are high, a cost-conscious restaurant might skimp on the amount of chopped tomatoes it puts on salads.
1. To deal with hastily, carelessly, or with poor material: concentrated on reelection, skimping other matters. 2. To provide for or supply inadequately; be stingy with: accused them of skimping defense funding. v.intr. To be stingy or very thrifty. adj. Scanty; skimpy. [Obsolete skimp, scanty, perhaps from alteration of scrimp .]
If you skimp on something, you use less time, money, or material for it than you really need, so that the result is not good enough.
