Scrimp

Quick meaning: Scrimp is a noun meaning A pinching miser; a niggard.

Meaning

A pinching miser; a niggard.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, sometimes with on) To make too small or short; to shortchange.
2. (transitive) To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance.
3. (intransitive) To be frugal, whether to a reasonable and wise extent or to a miserly and unwise extent.
4. Short; scanty; curtailed.

Example Sentences

to scrimp the pattern of a coat

They had to scrimp each month to afford it out of pocket.

The company scrimped on the design so badly that it ended up defective.

For, as a general thing, the English merchant-ship scrimps her crew; but not so the English whaler.

Word Forms

• scrimps
• scrimping
• scrimped

Synonyms for scrimp

Depending on context, synonyms include scant, contract, shorten, skimp, stint.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include skimp, stint, niggard, pinch-gut, scrimper, snudge.

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