English

Verb

skimp ‎(third-person singular simple present skimps, present participle skimping, simple past and past participle skimped)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of.

   I thought Adie was only skimpin' me.‎

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Etymology 2

Verb

skimp ‎(third-person singular simple present skimps, present participle skimping, simple past and past participle skimped)

1. To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.
2. To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
3. To save; to be parsimonious or stingy.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:skimp.

Related terms

• skimpily
• skimpy

Translations

Adjective

skimp ‎(comparative more skimp, superlative most skimp)

1. (dated, Britain, dialect or US, colloquial) Scanty.

Noun

skimp ‎(plural skimps)

1. A skimpy or insubstantial thing, especially a piece of clothing.
   • 2007, George Ella Lyon, With a Hammer for my Heart, p. 192:

     I remembered how fierce it hurt and how it blistered. All that pain from just a skimp of flesh.

2. (in the plural, colloquial) Underwear.
   • 2007, Zoo Today:

     While presenting a rundown of the sexiest soap stars in the world in this week's ZOO, Hollyoaks' Gemma Atkinson very kindly stripped down to her skimps herself.