skimp

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of.

Adj

Scanty.

Noun

1. A skimpy or insubstantial thing, especially a piece of clothing.
2. (colloquial) Underwear.

Conceptos

escatimar

escasear

escaso

exiguo

roñar

mezquinar

mezquinarse

negar algo por tacañería

negar por ser avaro

defender

obrar con mezquindad

economizar

Sinónimos

stint

scant

scrimp

stingy

neglect

save

grudge

mean

miserly

nitpick

omit

pinch

ration

scamp

skimpy

skint

slight

sparing

clap together

be miserly

be parsimonious

be remiss

begrudge

penny-pinch

botch

bungle

disregard

economize

frugal

laconic

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/skɪmp/

Etimología (Inglés)

Perhaps of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skimpijaną (“to skip, dance, gesture, mock”). Cognate with Icelandic skimpa (“to scoff at, scorn”), dialectal Swedish skimpa (“to skip, dance”), Faroese skumpa (“to shove, bump”), German schimpfen (“to grumble, scold”), Dutch schimpen (“to mock, make fun of, scold”).