Crossword clues for skimped
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Skimp \Skimp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skimped; p. pr. & vb. n. Skimping.] [Cf. Skinch, Scamp, v. t.]
To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.]
To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: skimp)
Usage examples of "skimped".
The woman skimped ridiculously, but all Chivians tried to get by with inferior ingredients smothered in peppery sauces.
It meant that this little family was placing its all upon the altar--even the pitiful coins for which they had skimped and saved for months for a particular purpose.
Andrews and I hastened off to get our own breakfast, and soon had a half-gallon of strong coffee, and a frying-pan full, of meat cooking over the fire--not one of the beggarly skimped little fires we had crouched over during our months of imprisonment, but a royal, generous fire, fed with logs instead of shavings and splinters, and giving out heat enough to warm a regiment.