Associations to the word «Scrimp»
Wiktionary
SCRIMP, noun. A pinching miser; a niggard.
SCRIMP, verb. (transitive) To make too small or short; to scant; to contract; to shorten.
SCRIMP, verb. (transitive) To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance.
SCRIMP, verb. (intransitive) To be frugal.
SCRIMP, adjective. Short; scanty; curtailed.
SCRIMP AND SAVE, verb. (idiomatic) To scrimp greatly; to economize; to live very frugally, particularly when saving for something.
Dictionary definition
SCRIMP, verb. Subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp".
Wise words
Think twice before you speak, because your words and
influence will plant the seed of either success or failure
in the mind of another.