Sekirov Dictionary

scrimp

/skɹɪmp/

verb 3
adjective 1
noun 1
forms 5
phrases 1

verb3

•
To make too small or short; to shortchange.
- The company scrimped on the design so badly that it ended up defective.
•
To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance.
- For, as a general thing, the English merchant-ship scrimps her crew; but not so the English whaler. — 1851
•
To be frugal, whether to a reasonable and wise extent or to a miserly and unwise extent.
- “Oh, Electra, jewel of women, darling of my heart, we are free at last, we roll in wealth, we need never scrimp again. It's a case for Veuve Cliquot!” — 1904

adjective1

Short; scanty; curtailed.

noun1

A pinching miser; a niggard.

forms

scrimped · scrimping · scrimps · more scrimp · most scrimp

Phrases with scrimp

scrimp together
To amass in small amounts by virtue of frugality.

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