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Verb: skimp  skimp
  1. Work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
    - scant [N. Amer]
     
  2. Limit in quality or quantity
    - scant [N. Amer]
     
  3. Subsist on a meagre allowance
    "scratch and skimp";
    - scrimp, stint
     
  4. Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
    "skimp with the allowance";
    - stint, scant [N. Amer]

Derived forms: skimped, skimps, skimping

Type of: bound, confine, furnish, limit, offer, provide, render, restrict, save, supply, throttle, trammel, work