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scrimp
English
Etymology
Probably from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German schrimpen (“to shrivel up, wrinkle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpan? (“to shrink”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”), related to Old English s?rimman (“to shrink”) and s?rincan (“to shrivel up”). Related to shrink, shrimp.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sk??mp/
- Rhymes: -?mp
Noun
scrimp (plural scrimps)
- A pinching miser; a niggard.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:miser
Verb
scrimp (third-person singular simple present scrimps, present participle scrimping, simple past and past participle scrimped)
- (transitive) To make too small or short.
- Synonyms: scant, contract, shorten
- (transitive) To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance.
- (intransitive) To be frugal.
Related terms
- scrimp and save
- scrimper
Translations
Adjective
scrimp (comparative more scrimp, superlative most scrimp)
- Short; scanty; curtailed.
Anagrams
- crimps
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skrimp
English
Verb
skrimp (third-person singular simple present skrimps, present participle skrimping, simple past and past participle skrimped)
- Alternative form of scrimp
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