Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Very thin. See Synonyms at lean2.
- adj. Of, relating to, or resembling skin.
- n. Slang Inside information; the real facts: learned the skinny on their falling-out.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Consisting of or having the nature of skin; resembling skin or film; cutaneous; membranous.
- Tough and firm or dense, but not hard: as, the skinny covering of a bird's beak: distinguished from horny.
- Characterized by skinniness; showing skin with little appearance of flesh under it; lean; emaciated.
- Miserly; stingy; mean.
Wiktionary
- adj. informal Having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful.
- adj. informal Low-fat.
- adj. Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
- n. colloquial The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
- n. A state of nakedness; nudity.
- n. A skinny being
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. fitting snugly
- adj. being very thin
- adj. of or relating to or resembling skin
- adj. giving or spending with reluctance
- n. confidential information about a topic or person
Etymologies
- Skin + -y, meaning associated with lack of fat or muscle possibly derived from the phrase skin and bones, meaning associated with nudity derived from exposing skin. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“We don't use the word skinny anymore because it's a turn-off," says Mr. Zielinski.”
“Tonight, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT with the great Sarah Palin mystery, her startling attack on what she called skinny starlets on her last day as governor of Alaska.”
“Now they skulk about Starbucks in skinny jeans and hoodies and Chuck Taylors.”
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“I have caught catfish on lures before, but this one slammed it like a bass, he splashed and slammed the lure in skinny water.”
“Also, to potentially chat up cute hipsters in skinny jeans and flannel who are "virtually" exploring Life's Big Questions at coffee shops in all corners of this great, messed-up world.”
The Huffington Post: Rainn Wilson: The 5 Questions You Hate Not Knowing the Answer to
“Miss Lowe, clad in skinny jeans and a season-appropriate crocheted sweater, played the part of London party girl by stripping down to a white tank top and twisting to the Beatles spun by New York native DJ NVM.”
The Huffington Post: Nicole Berrie: Fashion's Night Out Downtown: A Hot Mess (PHOTOS)
“I'm from Eastern Kentucky (though I now live in Ohio) and skinny is definitely out there.”
Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing
“I just hate the word skinny; now the whole style is associated with… well you know.”
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“San Diego fly shop, about some unreal sight casting to Carp in skinny still water over hard sand bottom I could not pass up the opportunity …”
“A gazelle's neck, although skinny, is very wired and tight, making it virtually impossible to ring.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘skinny’.
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fish list
lots and lots of fish, a piscatorial
wetdreamablet, agnathan, ahi, ahuru, ahuruhuru, albacore, albicore, alec, alewife, allice, allis, amberjack and 840 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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Mountain Biking
Words that relate to bicycling or mountain biking
crank, podium, attack position, bonk, rock garden, babyheads, bunny hop, chain, chainring, clipless, freeride, slicks and 204 more...
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Adjectives
sagacious, average, angry, mad, crazy, giant, ugly, pretty, happy, sad, lonely, solitary and 119 more...
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I am : physical
Describing appearance and physique. More quantitative than qualitative/comparative. Can be used to sum a person up one-wordedly. (Still working on the definition of what I want in this list.)
handsome, beautiful, pretty, comely, ugly, rugged, buxom, buff, chiseled, svelte, lithe, portly and 35 more...
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nighthawks at the diner
being words from Tom Waits songs.
vinyl, cigarette, rhinestone, naugahyde, margarine, vermouth, gin, platinum, wurlitzer, menthol, oldsmobile, asphalt and 90 more...
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How Do You Take Your Coffee?
The things that can be done to a cuppa joe.
Kahlúa, Irish coffee, syrup shot, vanilla, hazelnut, Sanka, harmless, decaf, half-caf, quad, triple, double and 97 more...
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junestag's Words
postmodernism, cat, fish, rabbit, dell, coffee, elearning, mazda, php, mysql, flash, blogger and 755 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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things i associate with Kaleigh
yeah so i'm happy.
pixie, sparkle, glitter, princess, finland, psychic, skinny, rainbows, guns, swings, hitler, s'later and 4 more...
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TT2 Lesson 19
pumps, heel, high-heels, low-heels, unfortunately, however, similar, lucky, definitely, comedy show, zone, comic and 12 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for skinny.
alexz in mountain biking, it's a very narrow and elevated bridge which is technically difficult to ride on.
Jan 12, 2013