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SCRIMP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scrimp mean?
• SCRIMP (verb)
The verb SCRIMP has 1 sense:
1. subsist on a meager allowance
Familiarity information: SCRIMP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Present simple: I / you / we / they scrimp ... he / she / it scrimps
Past simple: scrimped
Past participle: scrimped
-ing form: scrimping
... he / she / it scrimps Past simple: scrimped
Past participle: scrimped
-ing form: scrimping
Sense 1
Meaning:
Subsist on a meager allowance
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
Context example:
scratch and scrimp
Hypernyms (to "scrimp" is one way to...):
save (spend less; buy at a reduced price)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s on something
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