Scrimping

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scrimp \Scrimp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scrimped} (?; 215); p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Scrimping}.] [Cf. Dan. skrumpe, G. schrumpfen, D.
     krimpen. Cf. {Shrimp}, {Shrink}.]
     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.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scrimping \Scrimp"ing\,
     a. & n. from {Scrimp}, v. t.
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     {Scrimping bar}, a device used in connection with a calico
        printing machine for stretching the fabric breadthwise so
        that it may be smooth for printing. --Knight.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "scrimping":
     Scotch, canny, careful, chary, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy,
     conserving, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, curtailment,
     cutback, economic, economization, economizing, economy,
     economy of assumption, economy of means, elegance, exiguous,
     forehanded, frugal, frugal to excess, frugality, infrequent,
     labor-saving, law of parsimony, low growth rate, meager, miserly,
     money-saving, niggardly, overfrugal, parsimonious,
     parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-wise,
     penny-wise and pound-foolish, piddling, pinching, poor, provident,
     prudent, prudential, rare, reduction of expenses,
     reduction of spending, retrenchment, saving, scamping, scant,
     scanty, scarce, scattered, scraping, scrimpy, seldom met with,
     seldom seen, skimping, skimpy, slim, slowdown, spare, sparing,
     sparse, spotty, sprinkled, stingy, stinting, thin, thrifty, tight,
     time-saving, too frugal, unwasteful