Skinny

Quick meaning: Skinny is an adjective meaning (informal) Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).

Meaning

(informal) Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).

More Meanings

1. (informal) Of food or a beverage, having reduced fat or calories.
2. Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
3. (of clothing) Tight-fitting.
4. (golf) Synonym of thin (“type of shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head”).
5. (colloquial) The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
6. A state of nakedness; nudity.
7. (informal) A low-fat serving of coffee.

Example Sentences

skinny flat white

...into the skinny chocolate milk?

Let's take our clothes oft" and go swimming skinny.

Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender

Word Forms

• skinnier
• skinniest
• skinnies
• skinnying
• skinnied

Synonyms for skinny

Depending on context, synonyms include thin, lean, poop, scraggy, scrawny, weedy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include thin, scrawny, scraggy, underweight, low-down, lean.

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