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61economize — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. save, conserve, husband, manage, stint, scrimp, retrench, cut back, skimp, be frugal, be prudent, pinch, cut costs, cut corners, meet expenses, keep within one s means, cut down, meet a budget, run a tight ship*, make both… …
62shrimp — early 14c., kind of slender shellfish, probably from O.N. skreppa thin person, from P.Gmc. *skrempanan (see SCRIMP (Cf. scrimp)). Related to O.E. scrimman to shrink. The connecting notion is probably thinness (Cf. Dan. dialectal skrimpe thin… …
63skimp — 1879, probably a back formation of skimpy (1842), from skimp (adj.) scanty (1775), which perhaps ultimately is from an early 18c. alteration of SCRIMP (Cf. scrimp) …
64skimp — [[t]skɪmp[/t]] v. i. 1) to scrimp 2) to scrimp 3) to scamp 4) skimpy; scanty • Etymology: 1765–75; orig. uncert. skimp′ing•ly, adv …
65skimp — [skimp] adj. [prob. altered < SCRIMP] Informal SCANTY vi. 1. Informal to give or allow too little; be stingy; scrimp 2. to keep expenses very low vt. 1. Informal to do poorly or carelessly 2. to …
66skimp´ing|ly — skimp «skihmp», verb, adjective. –v.t. 1. to supply in too small an amount: »Don t skimp the butter in making a cake. 2. to do imperfectly: »The lazy boy skimped his job. –v.i. 1. to be very saving or economical: »She had to skimp to send her… …
67Scrimpingly — Scrimp ing*ly, adv. In a scrimping manner. [1913 Webster] …
68Scrimption — Scrimp tion, n. A small portion; a pittance; a little bit. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. [1913 Webster] …
69Shrank — Shrink Shrink, v. i. [imp. {Shrank}or {Shrunk}p. p. {Shrunk} or {Shrunken}, but the latter is now seldom used except as a participial adjective; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shrinking}.] [OE. shrinken, schrinken, AS. scrincan; akin to OD. schrincken, and… …
70Shrimp — Shrimp, v. t. [Cf. AS. scrimman to dry up, wither, MHG. schrimpfen to shrink, G. schrumpfen, Dan. skrumpe, skrumpes, Da. & Sw. skrumpen shriveled. Cf. {Scrimp}, {Shrink}, {Shrivel}.] To contract; to shrink. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …
