[skrimp] 
| 1. | to be sparing or frugal; economize (often fol. by on): They scrimped and saved for everything they have. He spends most of his money on clothes, and scrimps on food. |
| 2. | to be sparing or restrictive of or in; limit severely: to scrimp food. |
| 3. | to keep on short allowance; provide sparingly for: to scrimp their elderly parents. |
| scrimp (skrĭmp) v. scrimped, scrimp·ing, scrimps v. intr. To economize severely. v. tr.
[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish skrympa, to shrink.] scrimp'er n., scrimp'i·ness n., scrimp'y adj. |