scrimp : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: scrimp	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for scrimp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scrimp v subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp" [syn: scrimp, stint, skimp]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scrimp \Scrimp\, a. Short; scanty; curtailed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scrimp \Scrimp\, n. A pinching miser; a niggard. [U.S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scrimp \Scrimp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scrimped} (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Scrimping}.] [Cf. Dan. skrumpe, G. schrumpfen, D. krimpen. Cf. {Shrimp}, {Shrine}.] 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.