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skinny up

skinny up verb: to become or make (something) skinny.

Verb

skinny up (third-person singular simple present skinnies up, present participle skinnying up, simple past and past participle skinnied up)

  1. (informal, intransitive, transitive) To become or make (something) skinny.
    • He's been skinnying up this year.
    • We should skinny up the parking spaces to make room for more.
  2. (informal, transitive) To make (something) skimpy or restricted.
    • The insurance company is skinnying up the benefits.

Forms of skinny up

third-person singular presentskinnies up
present participleskinnying up
past participleskinnied up
pastskinnied up

Questions about skinny up

What does skinny up mean?
Skinny up means to become or make (something) skinny.
What part of speech is skinny up?
Skinny up is a verb.
What is the past tense of skinny up?
The past tense of skinny up is skinnied up.

Words near skinny up in the dictionary

  1. skinny mirrors
  2. skinny out
  3. skinny pig
  4. skinny pigs
  5. skinny shaming
  6. skinny up
  7. skinny-dip
  8. skinny-dipper
  9. skinny-dippers
  10. skinny-dipping
  11. skinny-dips

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