From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
[2009]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
Perhaps of [en] origin, ultimately from [en]. Cognate with [is], dialectal
[sv], [fo], [de], [nl]. Possibly distantly related to [en].
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To mock , deride , scorn , scold , make fun of .
***** References
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language (see http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/skimp)
*** Etymology 2
Probably related to [en] and [en].
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To slight ; to do carelessly ; to scamp .
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1955 | author= 吴语: Rex Stout | chapter=Die Like a Dog | title= 吴语: Three Witnesses (book) | month=October | year_published=1994 | publisher= 吴语: Bantam Books | isbn=0553249592 | page=159
|passage=I got out my wallet and let him have a look at my licenses, detective
and driver's. He didn't SKIMP it, being a lawyer.}}
1. To make insufficient allowance for; to scant ; to scrimp .
2. * [en]
3. * [en-US]
4. [en] To save ; to be parsimonious or stingy .
***** Derived terms
- [en]
***** Related terms
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
***** Translations
[to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [colloquial] [de]
- Italian: [it]
- Russian: [ru]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Italian: [it]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norwegian: [no] , [no]
- Russian: [ru]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr] , [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[to save; to be parsimonious or stingy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de] , [colloquial] [de]
- Italian: [it]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
**** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. [en] Scanty .
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A skimpy or insubstantial thing, especially a piece of clothing.
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2007 | author=George Ella Lyon | title=With a Hammer for my Heart | page=192
|passage=I remembered how fierce it hurt and how it blistered. All that pain
from just a SKIMP of flesh.}}
1. [en] Underwear .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2007 | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501085331/http://www.zootoday.com/girls/archive/2006/10/02/n8d7j3om03oq.htm | title=Zoo Today
|passage=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.}}
*** Further reading
- [R:New English Dictionary]
[en]