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skin⋅ny

  [skin-ee] adjective, -ni⋅er, -ni⋅est, noun
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–adjective
1. very lean or thin; emaciated: a skinny little kitten.
2. of or like skin.
3. unusually low or reduced; meager; minimal: skinny profits.
4. (of an object) narrow or slender: a skinny bed.
–noun
5. Slang.
a. accurate information; data; facts.
b. news, esp. if confidential; gossip: Here's the skinny on the latest Hollywood scandal.
Origin:
1565–75; skin + -y 1 ; def. 5 is unclearly derived and perh. a distinct word

Related forms:
skin⋅ni⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. lank, gaunt, scrawny.
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skin·ny   (skĭn'ē)   
adj.   skin·ni·er, skin·ni·est
  1. Very thin. See Synonyms at lean2.
  2. Of, relating to, or resembling skin.
n.   Slang
Inside information; the real facts: learned the skinny on their falling-out.
skin'ni·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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skinny  (adj.)
1573, "resembling skin," from skin (n.). Meaning "emaciated" is recorded from 1605. In the sense of "the truth" it is World War II military slang, perhaps from the notion of the "naked" truth. Skinny-dip first recorded 1950s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Language Translation for : skinny
Spanish: flaco, enjuto,
German: mager,
Japanese: やせた
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