scrimping

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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Scrimping \Scrimp"ing\,
   a. & n. from {Scrimp}, v. t.
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   {Scrimping bar}, a device used in connection with a calico
      printing machine for stretching the fabric breadthwise so
      that it may be smooth for printing. --Knight.
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76 Moby Thesaurus words for "scrimping":
      Scotch, canny, careful, chary, cheeseparing, chinchy, chintzy,
      conserving, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, curtailment,
      cutback, economic, economization, economizing, economy,
      economy of assumption, economy of means, elegance, exiguous,
      forehanded, frugal, frugal to excess, frugality, infrequent,
      labor-saving, law of parsimony, low growth rate, meager, miserly,
      money-saving, niggardly, overfrugal, parsimonious,
      parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-wise,
      penny-wise and pound-foolish, piddling, pinching, poor, provident,
      prudent, prudential, rare, reduction of expenses,
      reduction of spending, retrenchment, saving, scamping, scant,
      scanty, scarce, scattered, scraping, scrimpy, seldom met with,
      seldom seen, skimping, skimpy, slim, slowdown, spare, sparing,
      sparse, spotty, sprinkled, stingy, stinting, thin, thrifty, tight,
      time-saving, too frugal, unwasteful