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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCRIMP, v.t.
To contract; to shorten; to make too small or short; to limit or straiten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat.
SCRIMP, a. Short; scanty.
SCRIMP, n. A pinching miser; a niggard; a close fisted person.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp" [syn: scrimp, stint, skimp]

Merriam Webster's

verb Etymology: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish skrympa to shrink, Middle Low German schrempen to contract — more at shrimp Date: circa 1774 transitive verb 1. to be stingy in providing for 2. to make too small, short, or scanty intransitive verb to be frugal or stingy • scrimpy adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 intr. be sparing or parsimonious. 2 tr. use sparingly. Derivatives: scrimpy adj. Etymology: 18th c., orig. Sc.: perh. rel. to SHRIMP

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scrimp Scrimp, a. Short; scanty; curtailed.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Scrimp Scrimp, n. A pinching miser; a niggard. [U.S.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(scrimps, scrimping, scrimped) If you scrimp on things, you live cheaply and spend as little money as possible. Scrimping on safety measures can be a false economy... = skimp VERB: V on n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. a. Scanty, narrow, contracted, deficient. II. v. a. Scant, contract, curtail, pinch, limit, straiten, reduce, shorten.

Moby Thesaurus

begrudge, economize, enforce economies, exiguous, famish, grudge, husband, keep within compass, live upon nothing, make ends meet, manage, pinch, pinch pennies, poor, put something aside, save, save up, scamp, scant, scanty, scrape, scrape and save, scratch, screw, scrimpy, skimp, skimpy, spare, sparse, starve, stint