scrimp

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

scrimp
    v 1: subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp" [syn:
         {scrimp}, {stint}, {skimp}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Scrimp \Scrimp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scrimped} (?; 215); p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Scrimping}.] [Cf. Dan. skrumpe, G. schrumpfen, D.
   krimpen. Cf. {Shrimp}, {Shrink}.]
   To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on
   short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to
   scrimp the pattern of a coat.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Scrimp \Scrimp\, a.
   Short; scanty; curtailed.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Scrimp \Scrimp\, n.
   A pinching miser; a niggard. [U.S.]
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

31 Moby Thesaurus words for "scrimp":
      begrudge, economize, enforce economies, exiguous, famish, grudge,
      husband, keep within compass, live upon nothing, make ends meet,
      manage, pinch, pinch pennies, poor, put something aside, save,
      save up, scamp, scant, scanty, scrape, scrape and save, scratch,
      screw, scrimpy, skimp, skimpy, spare, sparse, starve, stint

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