scrimp Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb subsist on a meager allowance
    stint; skimp.
    • scratch and scrimp

WordNet

Scrimp transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. Dan. skrumpe, G. schrumpfen, D. krimpen. Cf. Shrimp, Shrine.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Scrimped present participle & verbal noun Scrimping
Definitions
  1. To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat. To economize.
Scrimp adjective
Definitions
  1. Short; scanty; curtailed.
Scrimp noun
Definitions
  1. A pinching miser; a niggard. U.S.

Webster 1913