Past tense of skimp
regular verb
The past tense of skimp is skimped. The past participle is also skimped.
Forms of skimp
| Base form (V1) | skimp /ˈskɪmp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | skimped /skɪmpt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | skimped /skɪmpt/ |
| Present participle | skimping /ˈskɪmpɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | skimps /skɪmps/ |
Skimped in a sentence
- They look like premium products that no one skimped on.2024 April 27, James Poniewozik, “The Comfortable Problem of Mid TV”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- His skimped allowance of grey beard was almost of the colour of his skin.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 127. From the entry skimped
- 'Young earthists' will complain I have skimped their case.1987, Michael Pitman, Adam and evolution: a scientific critique of neo-Darwinism, →ISBN, page 238. From the entry earthist
Meaning of skimp
- verb To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of.
- verb To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.
- verb To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
Questions about the past tense of skimp
- What is the past tense of skimp?
- The past tense of skimp is skimped.
- What is the past participle of skimp?
- The past participle of skimp is skimped.
- Is skimp a regular or irregular verb?
- Skimp is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: skimp (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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