Skimpy vs Thin - What's the difference?
skimpy | thin | Related terms |
Small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing.
(Australia, Western Australia) A barmaid who wears little clothing.
* 2000 , Australian Journal of Mining ,
* 2007 , Terry Carter, Lara Dunston, Perth & Western Australia , Lonely Planet,
* 2010 , Kathy Marks, Tears of the Sun'', Robert Drewe (editor), ''The Best Australian Essays 2010 ,
Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions.
Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt.
Of low viscosity or low specific gravity, e.g., as is water compared to honey.
Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space.
* Addison
(golf) Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe.
Lacking body or volume; small; feeble; not full.
* Dryden
Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering.
(philately) A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole.
Any food produced or served in thin slices.
To make thin or thinner.
To become thin or thinner.
To dilute.
To remove some plants in order to improve the growth of those remaining.
Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state.
* Francis Bacon
Skimpy is a related term of thin.
As an adjective skimpy
is small or inadequate; not generous, or of a garment, very small, light, or revealing.As a noun skimpy
is (australia|western australia) a barmaid who wears little clothing.As a proper noun thin is
the fifth earthly branch represented by the.skimpy
English
Adjective
(er)- Have you ever seen such a skimpy bikini?
- They served a pretty skimpy portion of ice cream as the free birthday dessert.
Noun
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- It's a curious mix: weatherworn miners, fresh faced bankers, and a couple of g-stringed skimpies .
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- 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.
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- ‘There are thirty-two hotels in Kalgoorlie, and only seven would have skimpies [scantily clad barmaids].’
Derived terms
* skimpy workthin
English
Adjective
(thinner)- thin plate of metal
- thin paper
- thin board
- thin covering
- thin wire
- thin string
- thin person
- The trees of a forest are thin'''; the corn or grass is '''thin .
- Ferrara is very large, but extremely thin of people.
- thin , hollow sounds, and lamentable screams
- a thin disguise
Synonyms
* reedy * slender * slim * skinny * waifish * fine * lightweight * narrow * svelte * See alsoAntonyms
* thickDerived terms
* into thin air * razor thin * thin air * thin as a rake * thick and thin * thin-skinned * wear thinNoun
(en noun)- chocolate mint thins
- potato thins
Verb
Derived terms
* thin outAdverb
(en adverb)- seed sown thin
- Spain is thin sown of people.