Scrimp

[skrɪmp]

Definition

(verb.) subsist on a meager allowance; 'scratch and scrimp'.

Typed by Jeanette--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) 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.

(a.) Short; scanty; curtailed.

(n.) A pinching miser; a niggard.

Typist: Ludwig

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [Local.] Short, scanty.

v. a. [Local.] Scant, contract, shorten, curtail, pinch, limit, straiten, reduce.

n. Miser, niggard, SCREW.

Inputed by Claude

Definition

v.t. to make too small or short: to limit or shorten: to straiten.—adj. short scanty.—adj. Scrimp′ed pinched.—adv. Scrimp′ly hardly: scarcely.—n. Scrimp′ness.—adj. Scrimp′y scanty.

Typed by Damian