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Definition scrimp

Etymology

Probably from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German schrimpen (“to shrivel up, wrinkle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpan? (“to shrink”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”), related to Old English s?rimman (“to shrink”) and s?rincan (“to shrivel up”). Related to shrink, shrimp.

Noun

scrimp (plural scrimps)

  1. A pinching miser; a niggard.

Verb

scrimp (third-person singular simple present scrimps, present participle scrimping, simple past and past participle scrimped)

  1. (transitive) To make too small or short.
  2. (transitive) To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance.
  3. (intransitive) To be frugal.

Adjective

scrimp (comparative more scrimp, superlative most scrimp)

  1. Short; scanty; curtailed.

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