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skimped

/skɪmpt/

skimped is the simple past and past participle of skimp.

Meaning of skimp

Verb (1)

skimp (third-person singular simple present skimps, present participle skimping, simple past and past participle skimped)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of.
    • I thought Adie was only skimpin' me.

Verb (2)

skimp (third-person singular simple present skimps, present participle skimping, simple past and past participle skimped)

  1. (transitive) To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.
    • I got out my wallet and let him have a look at my licenses, detective and driver's. He didn't skimp it, being a lawyer.1955 October, Rex Stout, “Die Like a Dog”, in Three Witnesses, Bantam, published 1994, →ISBN, page 159
  2. To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
    • The temptation to skimp examinations and maintenance procedures, to save time or overcome staff shortages, must be resisted, and supervisors must insist on strict adherence to maintenance schedules and quality of workmanship.1964 January, “The maintenance of B.R. diesel-electric locomotives”, in Modern Railways, page 54
  3. (intransitive) To save; to be parsimonious or stingy.

See all 7 meanings of skimp

Adjective

skimped (comparative more skimped, superlative most skimped)

  1. Sparse; scanty.
    • 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

Forms of skimped

comparativemore skimped
superlativemost skimped

Words that rhyme with skimped

Questions about skimped

What does skimped mean?
Skimped means sparse; scanty.
What is skimped the simple past and past participle of?
Skimped is the simple past and past participle of skimp.
What part of speech is skimped?
Skimped is an adjective.
How do you pronounce skimped?
Skimped is pronounced /skɪmpt/.

Words near skimped in the dictionary

  1. skimobile
  2. skimobiles
  3. skimobiling
  4. skimp
  5. skimp and save
  6. skimped
  7. skimper
  8. skimpers
  9. skimpflation
  10. skimpier
  11. skimpies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: skimped (page history and authors); skimp (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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