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 Definitions of Scrimp  [ɪmp]  

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Definition of 'Scrimp' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) scrimp
to be sparing or frugal; economize.

2. (v.t.) scrimp
to limit severely.

3.  scrimp
to provide sparingly for.

Etymology:  (1710–20; < Scand)

Definition of 'Scrimp' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) scrimp, stint, skimp
subsist on a meager allowance
"scratch and scrimp"


Definition of 'Scrimp' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Scrimp
short; scanty; curtailed

2. (noun) Scrimp
a pinching miser; a niggard

3. (verb) Scrimp
to make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat


Translation of 'Scrimp' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to be mean or very careful with money
She scrimps and saves for her sons' education.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: draai haar sente om Arabic flag Arabic: يَبخُل وَيَقْتَصِد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: икономисвам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ser econômico Czech flag Czech: škudlit German flag German: knausern und sparen
Danish flag Danish: spinke og spare Greek flag Greek: κάνω αιματηρές οικονομίες Spanish flag Spanish: hacer economías, escatima
Estonian flag Estonian: koonerdama Farsi flag Farsi: صرفه جويي كردن Finnish flag Finnish: kitsastella
French flag French: économe; économiser sur t Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְקַמֵץ Hindi flag Hindi: मितव्ययी होना
Croatian flag Croatian: škrtariti Hungarian flag Hungarian: spórol Indonesian flag Indonesian: hemat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fara sparlega með, vera n Italian flag Italian: (fare economie) Japanese flag Japanese: けちけちする
Korean flag Korean: 긴축하다, 인색하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: šykštėti, taupyti Latvian flag Latvian: skopoties
Malay flag Malay: berjimat Dutch flag Dutch: zich bekrimpen Norwegian flag Norwegian: spinke og spare
Polish flag Polish: ciułać Persian flag Persian: صرفه جويي كردن Pashto flag Pashto: كنجوسى كول، سپمول، امساك
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ser económico Romanian flag Romanian: a economisi, a strân­ge/a Russian flag Russian: скупиться; экономить
Slovak flag Slovak: žgrlošiť Slovenian flag Slovenian: skopariti Serbian flag Serbian: škrtariti
Swedish flag Swedish: snåla: snåla och spara Thai flag Thai: ประหยัด; จำกัด Turkish flag Turkish: dişinden tırnağından artı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 縮衣節食,精打細算 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: скупитися Urdu flag Urdu: کفایت شعاری
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tằn tiện Chinese flag Chinese: 节省或精打细算

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