Sekirov Dictionary

skinny

/ˈskɪni/

adjective 5
noun 5
verb 1
forms 5
phrases 5

adjective5

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(informal) too thin, so that someone does not look healthy or good
- Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender
Tight-fitting.
•
(informal) Of food or a beverage, having reduced fat or calories.
- ...into the skinny chocolate milk? — 1974
•
(informal) Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
- Let's take our clothes oft" and go swimming skinny. — 1972
Synonym of thin (“type of shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head”).

noun5

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(informal) The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
- She called to get the skinny on the latest goings-on in the club.
(informal) A low-fat serving of coffee.
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(informal) A state of nakedness; nudity.
- Again, she appears nude whilst dipping in the skinny, but this time, instead of being eaten by a shark or a bear, she encounters a Japanese submarine — 2004
(nonstandard) A skinny being.
An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a narrow fence.

verb1

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(informal) To reduce or cut down.
- Like an accordion at a country wedding producing sweet-and-sour notes, some importers are expanding their U.S. retail automotive operations while others are skinnying down. — 1982

forms

skinnied · skinnying · skinnies · skinnier · skinniest

Phrases with skinny

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