Definitions for skinny
ˈskɪn iskin·ny

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. skinny(adj)

   confidential information about a topic or person

   "he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner"

2. scraggy, boney, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedy(adj)

   being very thin

   "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"

3. skinny(adj)

   of or relating to or resembling skin

4. tight-fitting, tightfitting, tight fitting, tightly fitting, skinny(adj)

   fitting snugly

   "a tightly-fitting cover"; "tight-fitting clothes"

5. cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinny(adj)

   giving or spending with reluctance

   "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"

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1. skinny(Noun)

   A skinny person

2. skinny(Noun)

   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.

3. skinny(Noun)

   A state of nakedness; nudity.

4. skinny(Adjective)

   Having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful.

   Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender

5. skinny(Adjective)

   Low-fat.

6. skinny(Adjective)

   Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Skinny(adj)

   consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh

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1. Skinny

   Skinny was a band from London, which released two albums over a course of four years. Their most successful song, "Failure", was included on both albums.

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1. skinny

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How to pronounce skinny?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of skinny in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of skinny in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of skinny in a Sentence

1. Andrea Beckert:

   When we found him abandoned in an empty lot he was so skinny and ravaged by ticks that we called him Costela.

2. Jamin Thompson:

   Never let anyone tell you that you're too big, too small, too skinny, too weak, too slow, too dumb, or too much this or not enough that to accomplish your dream. Anything is possible when you work hard and believe in yourself.

3. Jeff Edwards:

   Failing to secure an indictment when a police officer shoots and kills an unarmed, skinny, naked teenager, who the officer outweighed by over 100 pounds, is a failure of will by the district attorney, and calls in to question the entire grand jury process in cases involving police misconduct.

4. Emily Nash:

   It seems to me to be particularly sexist, you have people comparing them in a way that doesn't really happen with men --' Meghan Markle's walking funny, or Meghan Markle heels are too high, or Meghan Markle legs are too skinny.'.

5. Dion Baynard:

   I started thinking to myself, if you want to be skinny, you’ve got to do what skinny people do, i noticed that most people riding bicycles were fit, so I went out and got a bicycle.

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