1. Being very thin; below a desirable or healthy weight
   "a child with skinny freckled legs";
   - scraggy, scraggly, bony, scrawny, underweight, weedy
    
2. Of or relating to or resembling skin
   "The skinny layer of ice on the pond was too thin to support any weight"
    
3. Fitting snugly
   "skinny clothes";
   - tight-fitting, tightfitting, form-fitting
    
4. Giving or spending with reluctance
   "very skinny with his money";
   - cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching
    
5. [informal] (of coffee and other beverages) made with low-fat milk
   "She ordered a skinny latte to cut down on calories"

1. Confidential information about a topic or person
   "he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner"

Derived forms: skinniest, skinnies, skinnier

See also: lean, meager [N. Amer], meagre [Brit, Cdn], stingy [informal], thin, tight, ungenerous

Type of: gen [Brit, informal], info [informal], information

Encyclopedia: Skinny, The