skimped

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /skɪmpt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪmpt

Verb

skimped

  1. simple past tense and past participle of skimp

Adjective

skimped (comparative more skimped, superlative most skimped)

  1. Sparse; scanty.
    • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1965, page 127:
      His skimped allowance of grey beard was almost of the colour of his skin.
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