scrimp

1. v. t. 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. Source: opted

2. a. Short; scanty; curtailed. Source: opted

3. n. A pinching miser; a niggard. Source: opted

4. v. subsist on a meager allowance Source: wordnet

5. 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. Short; scanty; curtailed. A pinching miser; a niggard. [U.S.] Source: webster

6. To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put onshort allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp thepattern of a coat. Source: adambom

7. v:100 v. subsist on a meager allowance Source: ecdict

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