Defn: To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat.
SCRIMP
Scrimp, a.
Defn: Short; scanty; curtailed.
SCRIMP
Scrimp, n.
Defn: A pinching miser; a niggard. [U.S.]
SCRIMPING
Scrimp"ing,
Defn: a. & n. from Scrimp, v. t. Scrimping bar, a device used in connection with a calico printing machine for stretching the fabric breadthwise so that it may be smooth for printing. Knight.
SCRIMPINGLY
Scrimp"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In a scrimping manner.
SCRIMPNESS
Scrimp"ness, n.