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Chimp vs Skimp - What's the difference?

chimp | skimp |

As nouns the difference between chimp and skimp

is that chimp is (informal) while skimp is a skimpy or insubstantial thing, especially a piece of clothing.

As verbs the difference between chimp and skimp

is that chimp is (informal|often|pejorative) to review each image on a digital camera after it is taken while skimp is to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.

As an adjective skimp is

(dated|uk|dialect|or|us|colloquial) scanty.

chimp

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal)
    • The chimps in the zoo were making a racket.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (informal, often, pejorative) To review each image on a digital camera after it is taken.
  • (informal, often, pejorative) To get very excited when showing images on a digital camera.
    • English clippings

    skimp

    English

    Verb

  • To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.
  • To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
  • To save; to be parsimonious or stingy.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "skimp")

    Related terms

    * skimpily * skimpy

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (dated, UK, dialect, or, US, colloquial) Scanty.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A skimpy or insubstantial thing, especially a piece of clothing.
  • * 2007 , George Ella Lyon, With a Hammer for my Heart , p. 192:
    • I remembered how fierce it hurt and how it blistered. All that pain from just a skimp of flesh.
  • (in the plural, colloquial) Underwear.
  • * 2007 , Zoo Today:
    • While presenting a rundown of the sexiest soap stars in the world in this week's ZOO, Hollyoaks' Gemma Atkinson very kindly stripped down to her skimps herself.