What Does Scrimping Meaning?

1 : to be stingy in providing for. 2 : to make too small, short, or scanty. intransitive verb. : to be frugal or stingy. Other Words from scrimp Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Learn More About scrimp.

What is the meaning of scrimp and save?

Economize severely, spend as little as possible, as in For years we had to scrimp and save, but now we can enjoy life more. [

Where did the term Skrimps come from?

"to make too small," 1774, originally in English an adjective, "scant, meager" (1718), possibly from a Scandinavian source (compare Swedish skrumpna "to shrink, shrivel up," Danish skrumpen "shrunken, shriveled"), or from a continental Germanic source akin to Middle High German schrimpfen, German schrumpfen "to shrivel ...