scrimp

scrimp is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb, adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. 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.
2. adjective. Short; scanty; curtailed.
3. noun. A pinching miser; a niggard.
4. verb. subsist on a meager allowance

   "scratch and scrimp"

   Synonyms: skimp, stint

Synonyms

skimp, stint

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in scrimp:

crimps

Common word forms

scrimps, scrimped, scrimper, scrimply, scrimping, scrimpness, scrimption

Words from these letters

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