D defs.my
Entry 3 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Scrimp

/skrĭmp/ · IPA /skɹɪmp/
01 v. t. To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern o…
imp. & p. p. Scrimped; p. pr. & vb. n. Scrimping
  1. 1.
    To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat.
02 a. Short; scanty; curtailed.
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    Short; scanty; curtailed.
03 n. A pinching miser; a niggard.
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    A pinching miser; a niggard.[U.S.]