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Skinny

//ˈskɪni// adj, noun, verb, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense). informal

    "Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender"

  2. 2
    Of food or a beverage, having reduced fat or calories. informal

    "skinny flat white"

  3. 3
    Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).

    "Let's take our clothes oft" and go swimming skinny."

  4. 4
    Tight-fitting.

    "skinny jeans"

  5. 5
    Synonym of thin (“type of shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head”).
Adjective
  1. 1
    being very thin wordnet
  2. 2
    giving or spending with reluctance wordnet
  3. 3
    fitting snugly wordnet
  4. 4
    of or relating to or resembling skin wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor. colloquial

    "She called to get the skinny on the latest goings-on in the club."

  2. 2
    confidential information about a topic or person wordnet
  3. 3
    A state of nakedness; nudity.

    "Again, she appears nude whilst dipping in the skinny, but this time, instead of being eaten by a shark or a bear, she encounters a Japanese submarine"

  4. 4
    A low-fat serving of coffee. informal
  5. 5
    A skinny being. nonstandard

    ""Either a skinny had judged (correctly) that it was worth one of their buildings to try for one of us, or one of my own mates was getting mighty careless with fireworks" .."A congregation in church — a skinny flophouse — maybe even their defense headquarters. All I knew was that it was a very big room filled with more skinnies than I wanted to see in my whole life.""

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  1. 6
    An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a narrow fence.
Verb
  1. 1
    To reduce or cut down. informal, transitive

    "Like an accordion at a country wedding producing sweet-and-sour notes, some importers are expanding their U.S. retail automotive operations while others are skinnying down."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English skinny (“resembling skin”), equivalent to skin + -y. The meaning associated with lack of fat or muscle possibly derives from the phrase skin and bones; the meaning associated with nudity refers to the exposed skin.

Etymology 2

From Middle English skinny (“resembling skin”), equivalent to skin + -y. The meaning associated with lack of fat or muscle possibly derives from the phrase skin and bones; the meaning associated with nudity refers to the exposed skin.

Etymology 3

From Middle English skinny (“resembling skin”), equivalent to skin + -y. The meaning associated with lack of fat or muscle possibly derives from the phrase skin and bones; the meaning associated with nudity refers to the exposed skin.

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