skinny (adj.)

  1. of or relating to or resembling skin

    skinny (n.)

  1. confidential information about a topic or person; he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner'

    skinny (adj.)

  1. being very thin; a child with skinny freckled legs; a long scrawny neck

    [ Syn: scraggy , boney , scrawny , underweight , weedy ]

  2. fitting snugly; a tightly-fitting cover; tight-fitting clothes

    [ Syn: tight-fitting , tightfitting , tight fitting , tightly fitting ]

  3. giving or spending with reluctance; our cheeseparing administration; very close (or near) with his money; a penny-pinching miserly old man

    [ Syn: cheeseparing , close , near , penny-pinching ]

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