skinny
Meaning
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- (informal) Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
- (informal) Having reduced fat or calories.
- Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
- Tight-fitting.
- Synonym of thin (“type of shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head”)
Synonyms
tight fitting
tightly fitting
become skinny
be thin
dried-out
become emaciated
cutaneal
be skinny
flat buttocks
very skinny
slab sided
extremely thin
thib
get thin
hardfisted
raw boned
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈskɪni/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English skinny (“resembling skin”), equivalent to skin + -y. The meaning associated with lack of fat or muscle possibly derives from the phrase skin and bones; the meaning associated with nudity refers to the exposed skin.
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