THE SKINNY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does the skinny mean? 

• THE SKINNY (noun)
  The noun THE SKINNY has 1 sense:

1. slang terms for inside information

  Familiarity information: THE SKINNY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THE SKINNY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Slang terms for inside information

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

dope; low-down; poop; the skinny

Context example:

is that the straight dope?

Hypernyms ("the skinny" is a kind of...):

details; inside information (true confidential information)

 Context examples 

There was much laughter and clapping of glasses upon the table at the conclusion of old Buckhorse’s story, and I saw the Prince of Wales hand something to the waiter, who brought it round and slipped it into the skinny hand of the veteran, who spat upon it before thrusting it into his pocket.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)