Skinny
['skɪnɪ]
Definition
(noun.) confidential information about a topic or person; 'he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner'.
(adj.) of or relating to or resembling skin .
Inputed by Amanda--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh.
Editor: Madge
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Lean, poor, thin, lank, shrunk, emaciated, shrivelled, fallen away.
Typist: Nola
Examples
- Forgive me, Skinny, he said, softly. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- If _he_'--he pointed with his skinny fore-finger up the stairs--'is so hard with you (he's a brute, Nance, a brute-beast), why don't you--' 'Well? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- It is cold, Nancy dear,' said the Jew, as he warmed his skinny hands over the fire. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- She might be three feet high, but she had no shape; her skinny hands rested upon each other, and pressed the gold knob of a wand-like ivory staff. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- And if he wished them a skinny fowl, said Celia, that would not be nice. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The skinny servitor brought a narghili, and I got him to take it out again without wasting any time about it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Typed by Denis