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skinny
English
Etymology
Skin +? -y. The meaning associated with lack of fat or muscle possibly derives from the phrase skin and bones; the meaning associated with nudity refers to the exposed skin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sk?ni/
- Rhymes: -?ni
Adjective
skinny (comparative skinnier, superlative skinniest)
- (informal) thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
- (informal, of food or beverages) Having reduced fat or calories.
- Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
- (of clothing) tight-fitting
- skinny jeans
- (golf) Synonym of thin (“type of shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head”)
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:scrawny
Antonyms
- See also Thesaurus:obese
Translations
Noun
skinny (plural skinnies)
- (colloquial) The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
- She called to get the skinny on the latest goings-on in the club.
- A state of nakedness; nudity.
- (informal) A low-fat serving of coffee.
- (nonstandard) A skinny being.
Translations
Verb
skinny (third-person singular simple present skinnies, present participle skinnying, simple past and past participle skinnied)
- (transitive) To reduce or cut down.
- 1982, Ward's Auto World (volume 18, issues 1-6, page 65)
- Like an accordion at a country wedding producing sweet-and-sour notes, some importers are expanding their U.S. retail automotive operations while others are skinnying down.
- 1996, Kevin Dowd, Getting Connected: The Internet at 56K and Up (page 25)
- By the end of the chapter, we will have (hopefully) skinnied the list of contenders further (perhaps there will be none left).
- 2001, Bankruptcy Court Decisions (volume 38, page A-7)
- Said one judge: "What is [Chapter 22] other than the process of skinnying the company down? Are there some inefficiencies in that? If so, they can be absorbed by the economy and the country."
- 1982, Ward's Auto World (volume 18, issues 1-6, page 65)
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underfleshed
English
Etymology
under- +? fleshed
Adjective
underfleshed (comparative more underfleshed, superlative most underfleshed)
- Lacking flesh or substance; skinny or scanty.
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