Usually means: Use less than is adequate.
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  1. skimp: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. skimp: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. skimp: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  6. Skimp, skimp: Wordnik
  7. skimp: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. skimp: Wiktionary
  9. skimp: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. skimp: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  13. skimp: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. skimp: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
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  16. skimp: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  19. skimp: Free Dictionary
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  1. skimp: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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verb:  (Scotland, Northern England) To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of.
verb:  (transitive) To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.
verb:  To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
verb:  (intransitive) To save; to be parsimonious or stingy.
adjective:  (dated, UK, dialect or US, colloquial) Scanty.
noun:  A skimpy or insubstantial thing, especially a piece of clothing.
noun:  (in the plural, colloquial) Underwear.

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