skinny
IPA: skˈɪni
noun
- (colloquial) The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
- A state of nakedness; nudity.
- (informal) A low-fat serving of coffee.
- (nonstandard) A skinny being.
verb
- (transitive) To reduce or cut down.
adjective
- (informal) Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
- (informal, of food or beverages) Having reduced fat or calories.
- Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
- (of clothing) Tight-fitting.
- (golf) Synonym of thin (“type of shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head”)
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Examples of "skinny" in Sentences
- Now they skulk about Starbucks in skinny jeans and hoodies and Chuck Taylors.
- "We don't use the word skinny anymore because it's a turn-off," says Mr. Zielinski.
- I have caught catfish on lures before, but this one slammed it like a bass, he splashed and slammed the lure in skinny water.
- Tonight, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT with the great Sarah Palin mystery, her startling attack on what she called skinny starlets on her last day as governor of Alaska.
- Also, to potentially chat up cute hipsters in skinny jeans and flannel who are "virtually" exploring Life's Big Questions at coffee shops in all corners of this great, messed-up world.
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