Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Inadequate, as in size or fullness, especially through economizing or stinting: a skimpy meal.
- adj. Unduly thrifty; niggardly.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Spare; scanty; skimped.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- adj. containing little excess
Etymologies
- From skimp + -y. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Trade union Solidarity on Thursday announced that it rejected what it describes as the skimpy wage increase offer of 3 percent by Metrorex's Consolidated Murchison Mine (Consmurch) outside Phalaborwa during the first round of wage negotiations at the company.”
“Yes, superheroines often are clad in skimpy outfits but Silk Spectre II takes it to a whole new level …”
“I seem to be able to think of many, many superhero gals in skimpy outfits purely for eye candy that were perfectly successful heroines.”
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » CarsonArtist’s Review Forum
“If you want to look at girls in skimpy clothes visit another site or read other magazines.”
Why I Hate the Booth Babe Story, a Guest Editorial by Holly A.
“Maybe I'm getting older but, personally, pictures of a young gal in skimpy clothes isn't that big a deal any more.”
Why I Hate the Booth Babe Story, a Guest Editorial by Holly A.
“I'm going to go out on a limb here and say she wants to go back taking pictures in skimpy swim wear holding guns.”
“You quickly decide this is too dramatic, and you want him to be able to see pictures of you having sooooo much fun in skimpy outfits with your friends that scream "I don't need you and your pathetic collection of shot glasses.”
The Huffington Post: Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Dates: Facebook Me.
“If the shoe was on the other foot -- guys dressed in skimpy leather posing with firearms -- the "Yuck! factor" would compel most men to stay away.”
“That is why I find the lap dances at a recent Yahoo! event (Yahoo! paid for women to dance in skimpy clothing at a "brainstorming session") to be especially atrocious.”
“Even I, as someone just about the right side of 50 love the young girls in skimpy outfits flirting with me, wanting to try the handcuffs on etc.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘skimpy’.
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2nd part
prelude, ample, escalate, prototype, accession, acquisition, archives, zealot, indict, verdict, intimidating, timid and 454 more...
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Adjectives with 2 syllables that end ...
angry, bossy, busy, chilly, cheesy, creepy, dirty, early, funny, hairy, happy, healthy and 126 more...
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Mr. Prolagus is surprised
Words - or different usages of words I already knew - that I am learning thanks to Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery.
See also ofravens' with thanks to Anne Shirley.alder, decorum, ferret, dint, wont, gauntlet, turnip, sorrel, deft, embower, scant, peck and 92 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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New words - to learn
Learning opens the mind to new horizons~
solvent, skimpy, scant, repercussion, scavenge, recompense, nationalize, dissident, coronation, fortitude, forfeit, gratification and 1 more...
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June1stYR
dodgy, sketchy, shady, slight, queue, clue, vie, flogging, invoke, domineering, cheap skate, cheapskate and 11 more...
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What Do You Mean !
you gotta know these aswell
apropos, decimate, fanatic, rife, wax, recede, obliterate, dessicate, glut, arid, impecunious, profuse and 88 more...
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Name Suggestions for Ultra-Compact Cars
A companion list to Name Suggestions for Even Bigger SUVs and Trucks. :-)
Sounds best when you preface each word with "the."speck, iota, minute, mote, dot, jot, mite, molecule, particle, smidgen, morsel, scintilla and 64 more...
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A list of words, as related by Surly ...
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