scrimp

Old English scrimpan, allied to scrimman (“to shrink”) and scrincan (“to shrivel up”).

• Rhymes: -ɪmp

scrimp (plural scrimps)

1. A pinching miser; a niggard.

• See also Thesaurus:miser

scrimp (third-person singular simple present scrimps, present participle scrimping, simple past and past participle scrimped)

1. (transitive) To make too small or short

   To scrimp the pattern of a coat.

   Synonyms: scant, contract, shorten

2. (transitive) To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance.
3. (intransitive) To be frugal.

• scrimp and save
• scrimper

scrimp (comparative more scrimp, superlative most scrimp)

1. Short; scanty; curtailed.

• crimps