scrimp

== English == === Etymology === From Scots scrimp (“meager”), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German schrimpen (“to shrivel up, wrinkle”), from Old Dutch *scrimpan, from Frankish *skrimpan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (“to shrink”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”), related to Old English sċrimman (“to shrink”) and sċrincan (“to shrivel up”). Doublet of shrink, shrimp, and shrim. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /skɹɪmp/ Rhymes: -ɪmp === Noun === scrimp (plural scrimps) A pinching miser; a niggard. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:miser === Verb === scrimp (third-person singular simple present scrimps, present participle scrimping, simple past and past participle scrimped) (transitive, sometimes with on) To make too small or short; to shortchange. Synonyms: scant, contract, shorten; skimp (transitive) To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance. (intransitive) To be frugal, whether to a reasonable and wise extent or to a miserly and unwise extent. Synonyms: skimp, scrape by ==== Derived terms ==== scrimp and save scrimp together scrimper ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === scrimp (comparative more scrimp, superlative most scrimp) Short; scanty; curtailed. === References === === Anagrams === crimps