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Meaning of 'scrimp' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Scrimp [ a.]
- Short; scanty; curtailed.
2 . Scrimp [ n.]
- A pinching miser; a niggard.
3 . Scrimp [ v. t.]
- To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat.

Meaning of 'scrimp' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . scrimp [ v]
Meaning (1):
- subsist on a meager allowance
Example in sentence:
  • scratch and scrimp

Nearby Words:

scrabbed eggs scrabble scrabbled scrabbling scraber scraffle scrag scrag-necked scragged scraggedness

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