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Piddling vs Skimpy - What's the difference?

piddling | skimpy | Synonyms |

Piddling is a synonym of skimpy.


As adjectives the difference between piddling and skimpy

is that piddling is insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless while skimpy is small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing.

As a verb piddling

is .

As a noun skimpy is

(australia|western australia) a barmaid who wears little clothing.

piddling

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Insignificant, negligible, paltry, trivial, useless.
    • After all the work I'd done, he gave me a piddling amount of money.
    The ignoble hucksterage of piddling tithes. — Milton.

    Verb

    (head)

    • skimpy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing.
    • Have you ever seen such a skimpy bikini?
    They served a pretty skimpy portion of ice cream as the free birthday dessert.

    Noun

    (skimpies)
  • (Australia, Western Australia) A barmaid who wears little clothing.
  • * 2000 , Australian Journal of Mining , page 2,
    • It's a curious mix: weatherworn miners, fresh faced bankers, and a couple of g-stringed skimpies .
  • * 2007 , Terry Carter, Lara Dunston, Perth & Western Australia , Lonely Planet, page 159,
    • For an anthropological experience, the front bar at the Exchange Hotel provides a window into some locals? lives at all hours of the day, with skimpies , TV sports and mine workers chain-drinking.
  • * 2010 , Kathy Marks, Tears of the Sun'', Robert Drewe (editor), ''The Best Australian Essays 2010 , page 239,
    • ‘There are thirty-two hotels in Kalgoorlie, and only seven would have skimpies [scantily clad barmaids].’

    Derived terms

    * skimpy work