Third-person singular simple present indicative form of skimp

scanty; meagre; done inefficiently.

simple past tense and past participle of skimp

Sparse; scanty.

present participle of skimp

A skimpy or insubstantial thing, especially a piece of clothing. / (in the plural, colloquial) Underwear.

(Scotland, Northern England) To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of.

(transitive) To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp. / To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp. / (intransitive) To save; to be parsimonious or stingy.

(dated, UK, dialect or US, colloquial) Scanty.

Alternative form of scrimp and save