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Verb: skimp  skimp
  1. Work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
    - scant
     
  2. Limit in quality or quantity
    - scant
     
  3. Subsist on a meagre allowance
    "scratch and skimp"
    - scrimp, stint
     
  4. Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
    "skimp with the allowance"
    - stint, scant

Derived forms: skimped, skimping, skimps

See also: skimp over

Type of: furnish, provide, render, restrict, save, supply, work