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skimp

/skɪmp/

skimpглагол

skimped

Прошедшее простое время

skimped

Причастие прошедшего времени

skimping

Герундий

/skɪmp/

Переводы

скупиться

He tends to skimp on quality when buying clothes.

Он склонен скупиться на качество при покупке одежды.

экономить

She decided to skimp on the decorations to save money.

Она решила экономить на украшениях, чтобы сэкономить деньги.

Дополнительные переводы

жать

скудно употреблять

Определения

To use less of something than is necessary or appropriate, often to save money or resources.

She decided not to skimp on quality when buying a new mattress.

To give insufficient attention or effort to something.

He tends to skimp on his homework, which affects his grades.

Синонимы

sting

cut back

economize

save

be frugal

tighten one's belt

Антонимы

skimpсуществительное

skimps

множ.

/skɪmp/

Определения

A small or insufficient amount; scantiness (rare).

There was only skimp of milk left in the fridge.

A stingy or parsimonious person (dialectal).

Stop being such a skimp and pay your share of the bill.

Синонимы

meager amount

small allowance

skimpприлагательное

/skɪmp/

Dialectal/archaic use meaning ‘scanty, meager’.

Определения

Scanty or insufficient in amount; meager (dialectal or archaic).

They served us a skimp lunch that left everyone still hungry.