scrimp

About 0.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A pinching miser; a niggard.
2. verb To make too small or short; to shortchange.

   to scrimp the pattern of a coat

3. verb To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance.
4. verb To be frugal, whether to a reasonable and wise extent or to a miserly and unwise extent.
5. adjective Short; scanty; curtailed.

Similar words

skimp stint niggard pinch-gut scrimper snudge scrape-good churl scrape-penny cheapie

Often followed by

and on to in when process for by along

Word family

scrimped scrimpier scrimpiest scrimping scrimps scrimpy