Dictionary Entry
skimp
skimp is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp. Face value is 13 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.
5 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 8 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.
- 2transitive verb
To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
- 3intransitive verb
To save; to be parsimonious or niggardly.
- 4adjective
Scanty.
- 5verb
supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
"sting with the allowance"
- 6verb
subsist on a meager allowance
"scratch and scrimp"
- 7verb
limit in quality or quantity
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- 8verb
work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
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