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thrifted

thrifted is the simple past and past participle of thrift.

Meaning of thrift

Verb

thrift (third-person singular simple present thrifts, present participle thrifting, simple past and past participle thrifted)

  1. (ambitransitive) To shop or browse at a thrift shop; to buy (something) at a thrift shop.
    • They like to go thrifting on weekends.

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Questions about thrifted

What is thrifted the simple past and past participle of?
Thrifted is the simple past and past participle of thrift.

Words near thrifted in the dictionary

  1. thrift shops
  2. thrift store
  3. thrift stores
  4. thrift-box
  5. thrift-boxes
  6. thrifted
  7. thrifter
  8. thrifters
  9. thriftful
  10. thriftfully
  11. thriftier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thrifted (page history and authors); thrift (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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