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thrifting

thrifting noun: shopping for cheap items, as for example at a garage sale, flea market, or thrift shop. Also the present participle of thrift.

Noun

thrifting (uncountable)

  1. Shopping for cheap items, as for example at a garage sale, flea market, or thrift shop.
    • Chiding himself for his incessant shopping, he explained that the playful Greek hunting scene that hangs above his mantel was unearthed during one of his frequent thrifting trips to upstate New York.2007 April 29, Ruth La Ferla, “The Pack Rat Who Supplies the Scenic Illusion”, in New York Times

Also used as

thrifting is also the present participle of thrift.

Origin of thrifting

From thrift + -ing.

Questions about thrifting

What does thrifting mean?
Thrifting means shopping for cheap items, as for example at a garage sale, flea market, or thrift shop.
What part of speech is thrifting?
Thrifting is a noun.

Words near thrifting in the dictionary

  1. thriftier
  2. thriftiest
  3. thriftily
  4. thriftiness
  5. thriftinesses
  6. thrifting
  7. thriftless
  8. thriftlessly
  9. thriftlessness
  10. thriftly
  11. thrifts

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