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pinched

English

Verb

pinched

  1. simple past tense and past participle of pinch

Adjective

pinched (comparative more pinched, superlative most pinched)

  1. Very thin, as if drawn together
    • 1897 Edwin Arlington Robinson, Chilodren of the Night, "Aaron Stark":
      His thin, pinched mouth was nothing but a mark […]
  2. (of a person or their face) Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.
  3. Financially hurt or damaged.
  4. Compressed

Translations

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scanty

English

Etymology

scant +? -y

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?skænti/
  • Rhymes: -ænti

Adjective

scanty (comparative scantier, superlative scantiest)

  1. Somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent.
  2. Sparing; niggardly; parsimonious; stingy.
    • 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick, or The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry After Truth With a Variety of Rules to Guard
      In illustrating a point of difficulty, be not too scanty of words.

Derived terms

  • scantily
  • scantiness

Translations

See also

  • meagre
  • scant
  • slender
  • insufficient
  • deficient
  • scarce
  • exiguous

Further reading

  • scanty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • scanty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • scanty at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

  • Cantys

scanty From the web:

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