Definitions for skinny
ˈskɪn iskin·ny

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

1. skinnyadjective

   confidential information about a topic or person

   "he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner"

2. scraggy, boney, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedyadjective

   being very thin

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

3. skinnyadjective

   of or relating to or resembling skin

4. tight-fitting, tightfitting, tight fitting, tightly fitting, skinnyadjective

   fitting snugly

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

5. cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinnyadjective

   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. skinnynoun

   A skinny person

2. skinnynoun

   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. skinnynoun

   A state of nakedness; nudity.

4. skinnyadjective

   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. skinnyadjective

   Low-fat.

6. skinnyadjective

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Skinnyadjective

   Consisting only of skin; wanting flesh.

   Etymology: from skin.

   Her choppy finger laying
   Upon her skinny lips. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   Least the asperity of these cartilages of the windpipe should hurt the gullet, which is tender, and of a skinny substance, these annulary gristles are not made round; but where the gullet touches the windpipe, there, to fill up the circle, is only a soft membrane, which may easily give way. John Ray, on the Creation.

   His fingers meet
   In skinny films, and shape his oary feet. Joseph Addison, Ovid.

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Skinny

   Skinny is another word for thin. It can also mean:

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

1. Skinnyadjective

   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

   Song lyrics by skinny -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by skinny on the Lyrics.com website.

How to pronounce skinny?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say skinny in sign language?

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. Josef Penninger:

   If you think about it, it's realistic that we could shut down ALK and reduce ALK function to see if we did stay skinny, aLK inhibitors are used in cancer treatments already. It's targetable. We could possibly inhibit ALK, and we actually will try to do this in the future.

3. Amanda Gorman:

   Somehow we've weathered and witnessed a nation that isn't broken, but simply unfinished. We, the successors of a country and a time where a skinny Black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother can dream of becoming President, only to find herself reciting for one.

4. Christie Brinkley:

   I think that my industry has come a long way, although we're still a little too appreciative of the super, super unhealthfully skinny body, people's bodies come in every shape and size, and I really believe that all shapes and sizes should be celebrated as long as that's your natural, healthy weight.

5. Shalom Ifeanyi:

   I can’t help the way I’m built. I am not trying to argue, I just feel like I have to be flat chested or real skinny in order to post.

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