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Showing words for SCRIMPING using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Scrimping

scrimping

8 Letter Words for Scrimping

crimping, crisping, primings

7 Letter Words for Scrimping

criming, crispin, impings, pricing, priming, risping, spicing, spiring

6 Letter Words for Scrimping

cising, crimps, gispin, icings, imping, miring, mirins, picris, ricing, ricins, riming, riping, rising, scrimp, sigrim, siping, siring, spiric, spring

5 Letter Words for Scrimping

crimp, crims, crips, crisp, gimps, giris, girns, grimp, grins, grips, icing, ignis, impis, iring, mings, minis, mirin, niris, piing, pings, pinic, pirns, prigs, primi, prims, prism, ricin, rimpi, rings, scrim, scrin, scrip, sprig

4 Letter Words for Scrimping

cigs, crig, crim, crin, crip, cris, csmp, gimp, gins, giri, girn, gism, grim, grin, grip, gris, impi, imps, incr, insp, iris, mics, migs, ming, mini, mins, mips, miri, mirs, misc, nims, nips, nisi, pics, pigs, ping, pins, pirn, pirs, pmsg, prig, prim, prin, psig, rigs, rims, ring, rins, rips, risc, risp, sign, simi, simp, sing, siri, smir, snig, snip, spic, spig, spin

3 Letter Words for Scrimping

cgm, cgs, cig, cir, cis, cns, cpi, cpm, cpr, cps, crs, csi, csp, gim, gin, gis, gnp, gns, gpm, gps, grs, ign, imi, imp, inc, ing, ins, ipm, ipr, ips, irs, ism, isn, mcg, mgr, mic, mig, min, mir, mis, mpg, mri, mrs, msg, nig, nim, nip, nis, pci, pcm, pic, pig, pin, pir, pis, pms, prc, prn, prs, psi, rig, rim, rin, rip, rms, rpm, rps, sci, scr, sic, sig, sim, sin, sip, sir, sri

Definitions for Scrimping

[1] to be sparing or frugal; economize (often followed 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.
[4] (when intr, sometimes foll by on ) to be very economical or sparing in the use (of) (esp in the phrase scrimp and save )
[5] (tr) to treat meanly he is scrimping his children
[6] (tr) to cut too small
[7] a less common word for scant

Words related to Scrimping

scrimpskimp, curtail, save, conserve

Words nearby Scrimping

scrimpscribe, scriber, scrim, scrimmage, scrimmage line, scrimp, scrimp and save, scrimpy, scrimshander, scrimshank, scrimshaw

Origin of Scrimping

1710–20; < Scandinavian; compare Swedish skrympa, Norwegian, Danish skrumpe (orig. *skrimpa, strong v.) to shrivel, cognate with Middle High German schrimpfen to contract; see shrimp

Other words from Scrimping

un·scrimped , adjective

Word origin for Scrimping

C18: Scottish, origin unknown

Synonyms for Scrimping

cut back, skimp, conserve, curtail, save, be cheap, be economical, be frugal, be prudent, be sparing, cut corners, make ends meet, pinch pennies, run a tight ship, stretch a dollar, tighten one's belt