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scrimp
[skrimp]
verb (used without object)
to be sparing or frugal; economize (often followed byon ).
They scrimped and saved for everything they have. He spends most of his money on clothes, and scrimps on food.
Synonyms: , , ,
verb (used with object)
to be sparing or restrictive of or in; limit severely.
to scrimp food.
to keep on short allowance; provide sparingly for.
to scrimp their elderly parents.
scrimp
/ ɪ /
verb
to be very economical or sparing in the use (of) (esp in the phrase scrimp and save )
(tr) to treat meanly
he is scrimping his children
(tr) to cut too small
adjective
a less common word for scant
Other Word Forms
- unscrimped adjective
- ˈ辱 adverb
- ˈ辱Ա noun
- ˈ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of scrimp1
Example Sentences
His parents scrimped and saved to pay for his tuition at Alliance, a boarding school run by British missionaries.
"It's literally scrimping and scraping to be able to manage to get one lesson a week," she says.
Bureaucrats who were not furloughed alleged they were forced to scrimp by limiting the use of air conditioning, lifts and even printers.
You might want to scrimp and save, but this isn’t the time for that.
The result is that many families shoulder the work themselves, losing out on paid employment, or elderly people scrimp on needed assistance.
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