Antonyms for scrimp
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : skrimp |
Phonetic Transcription : skrɪmp |
Definition of scrimp
Origin :- "to make too small," 1774, originally in English an adjective, "scant, meager" (1718), possibly from a Scandinavian source (cf. Swedish skrumpna "to shrink, shrivel up," Danish skrumpen "shrunken, shriveled"), or from a continental Germanic source akin to Middle High German schrimpfen, German schrumpfen "to shrivel," from Proto-Germanic *skrimp-, from PIE root *(s)kerb- "to turn, bend." Related: Scrimped; scrimping.
- verb economize
- He felt that he had earned a good one, and did not intend to scrimp himself.
- Extract from : « Flint » by Maud Wilder Goodwin
- The manager has a fixed salary, so that there is no temptation to scrimp the buyers.
- Extract from : « Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous » by Sarah K. Bolton
- The news was entirely unexpected and very unwelcome to Mrs. Scrimp.
- Extract from : « Grandmother Elsie » by Martha Finley
- "I've always had medical advice for her when it was needed," snapped Mrs. Scrimp.
- Extract from : « Grandmother Elsie » by Martha Finley
- Mrs. Scrimp and Gracie were already seated at the table and had began their meal.
- Extract from : « Grandmother Elsie » by Martha Finley
- In the meantime, in the house, Edith had tried to scrimp and save, but it was very difficult.
- Extract from : « His Family » by Ernest Poole
- I know what it is like to scrimp and save, and my children are going to be spared that!
- Extract from : « The Killer » by Stewart Edward White
- They would get along; scrimp and save; even move to Brooklyn, maybe.
- Extract from : « Bunker Bean » by Harry Leon Wilson
- And so they live beyond their means or else they scrimp and suffer.
- Extract from : « Through the Eye of the Needle » by William Dean Howells
- We are all willing to lessen expenses at home, but we are not to scrimp and pinch ourselves all to pieces.
- Extract from : « Six Girls » by Fannie Belle Irving
Synonyms for scrimp
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