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SKIMPY

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

Irregular inflected forms: skimpier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, skimpiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 I. (adjective) 

Comparative and superlative

Comparative: skimpier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Superlative: skimpiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of clothing) revealing the bodyplay

Example:

her dress was scanty and revealing

Synonyms:

scanty; skimpy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

revealing (showing or making known)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Containing little excessplay

Example:

a skimpy allowance

Synonyms:

lean; skimpy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

deficient; insufficient (of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement)

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