Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive 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.
- 2adjective
Short; scanty; curtailed.
- 3noun
A pinching miser; a niggard.
- 4verb
subsist on a meager allowance
"scratch and scrimp"
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