scrimp

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

   “to scrimp the pattern of a coat”

3. fiil To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance.

   “For, as a general thing, the English merchant-ship scrimps her crew; but not so the English whaler.”

4. fiil To be frugal, whether to a reasonable and wise extent or to a miserly and unwise extent.

   ““Oh, Electra, jewel of women, darling of my heart, we are free at last, we roll in wealth, we need never scrimp again. It's a case for Veuve Cliquot!””

5. sıfat Short; scanty; curtailed.