scrimp
verb
1 scrimp
Subsist on a meager allowance:
— Scratch and scrimp.
synonyms: skimp, stint.
Roget 201:
be short
etc.
adj.;
render short
etc.
adj.;
shorten,
curtail,
abridge,
abbreviate,
take in,
reduce;
compress
etc.
(contract)
195;
epitomize
etc.
596.
retrench,
cut short,
obtruncate†;
scrimp,
cut,
chop up,
hack,
hew;
cut down,
pare down;
clip,
dock,
lop,
prune,
shear,
shave,
mow,
reap,
crop;
snub;
truncate,
pollard,
stunt,
nip,
check the growth of;
foreshorten
(in drawing).
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Dutch: karig
adjective
Roget 201:
short,
brief,
curt;
compendious,
compact;
stubby,
scrimp;
shorn,
stubbed;
stumpy,
thickset,
pug;
chunky [U.S.],
decurtate†;
retrousse†;
stocky;
squab,
squabby†;
squat,
dumpy;
little
etc.
193;
curtailed of its fair proportions;
short by;
oblate;
concise
etc.
572;
summary.
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Roget 640:
insufficient,
inadequate;
too little
etc.
32;
not enough
etc.
639;
unequal to;
incompetent
etc.
(impotent)
158;
weighed in the balance and found wanting;"
perfunctory
etc.
(neglect)
460;
deficient
etc.
(incomplete)
53;
wanting,
etc.
v.;
imperfect
etc.
651;
ill-furnished,
ill-provided,
ill-stored,
ill-off.
slack,
at a low ebb;
empty,
vacant,
bare;
short of,
out of,
destitute of,
devoid of,
bereft of
etc.
789;
denuded of;
dry,
drained.
unprovided,
unsupplied†,
unfurnished;
unreplenished,
unfed†;
unstored†,
untreasured†;
empty-handed.
meager,
poor,
thin,
scrimp,
sparing,
spare,
stinted;
starved,
starving;
halfstarved,
famine-stricken,
famished;
jejune.
scant
etc.
(small)
32;
scarce;
not to be had,
not to be had for love or money,
not to be had at any price;
scurvy;
stingy
etc.
819;
at the end of one's tether;
without resources
etc.
632;
in want
etc.
(poor)
804;
in debt
etc.
806.
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noun
Roget 819:
parsimony,
parcity†;
parsimoniousness†,
stinginess
etc.
adj.;
stint;
illiberality,
tenacity.
avarice,
greed
etc.
817.1.
miser,
niggard,
churl,
screw,
skinflint,
crib,
codger,
muckworm†,
scrimp,
lickpenny†,
hunks,
curmudgeon,
Harpagon,
harpy,
extortioner,
Jew,
usurer;
Hessian [U.S.];
pinch fist,
pinch penny.
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Moby thesaurus: begrudge, economize, enforce economies, exiguous, famish, grudge, husband, keep within compass, live upon nothing, make ends meet, manage, pinch, pinch pennies, poor, put something aside, save, save up, scamp, scant, scanty, scrape, scrape and save, scratch, screw, scrimpy, skimp, skimpy, spare, sparse, starve, stint ... show more.
scrimping
Moby thesaurus: Scotch, canny, careful, chary, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy, conserving, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, curtailment, cutback, economic, economization, economizing, economy, economy of assumption, economy of means, elegance, exiguous, forehanded, frugal, frugal to excess, frugality, infrequent, labor-saving, law of parsimony, low growth rate, meager, miserly, money-saving, niggardly, overfrugal, parsimonious, parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-wise, penny-wise and pound-foolish, piddling, pinching, poor, provident, prudent, prudential, rare, reduction of expenses, reduction of spending, retrenchment, saving, scamping, scant, scanty, scarce, scattered, scraping, scrimpy, seldom met with, seldom seen, skimping, skimpy, slim, slowdown, spare, sparing, sparse, spotty, sprinkled, stingy, stinting, thin, thrifty, tight, time-saving, too frugal, unwasteful ... show more.
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