skinny
Plural: skinnies
Noun
- confidential information about a topic or person
- "he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner"
- The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
- A state of nakedness; nudity.
- A low-fat serving of coffee.
- A skinny being.
- An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a narrow fence.
Adjective Satellite
- being very thin
- "a child with skinny freckled legs"
- fitting snugly
- giving or spending with reluctance
Adjective
- Very thin or lean; also, secret information.
- of or relating to or resembling skin
Adj
- Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
- Having reduced fat or calories.
- Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
- Tight-fitting.
- Synonym of thin (“type of shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head”).
Verb
- To reduce or cut down.
Examples
- He hoped for a skinny letter to fit into the tight spot for a bingo bonus.
- Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender
- She called to get the skinny on the latest goings-on in the club.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English skinny (“resembling skin”), equivalent to skin + -y. The meaning associated with lack of fat or muscle possibly derives from the phrase skin and bones; the meaning associated with nudity refers to the exposed skin.
Synonyms
boney, cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, scraggy, scrawny, tight fitting, tight-fitting, tightfitting, tightly fitting, underweight, weedy, thin
Scrabble Score: 13
skinny: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordskinny: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
skinny: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary