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skinny
skin·ny S0453300 (skĭn′ē)adj. skin·ni·er, skin·ni·est 1. a. Having very little bodily flesh or fat, often unattractively so; very thin. See Synonyms at lean2.b. Having little width; narrow: a skinny island.2. Of, relating to, or resembling skin.n. Slang Inside information; the real facts: learned the skinny on their falling-out. skin′ni·ness n.skinny (ˈskɪnɪ) adj, -nier or -niest1. lacking in flesh; thin2. consisting of or resembling skin ˈskinniness nskin•ny (ˈskɪn i) adj. -ni•er, -ni•est, n. adj. 1. very lean or thin; emaciated. 2. of or like skin. 3. unusually low or reduced; meager; minimal: skinny profits. 4. (of an object) narrow or slender: a skinny bed. n. 5. Slang. a. accurate information; data; facts. b. news, esp. if confidential; gossip. [1565–75] skin′ni•ness, n. ThesaurusNoun | 1. | skinny - confidential information about a topic or person; "he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner"info, information - a message received and understood | Adj. | 1. | skinny - being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"scraggy, scrawny, underweight, weedy, boneylean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare | | 2. | skinny - of or relating to or resembling skin | | 3. | skinny - fitting snugly; "a tightly-fitting cover"; "tight-fitting clothes"tight fitting, tightfitting, tight-fitting, tightly fittingtight - closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "tight skirts"; "he hated tight starched collars"; "fingers closed in a tight fist"; "a tight feeling in his chest" | | 4. | skinny - giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"cheeseparing, penny-pinching, near, closestingy, ungenerous - unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds" |
skinnyadjective thin, lean, scrawny, skeletal, emaciated, twiggy, undernourished, skin-and-bone (informal), scraggy, macilent (rare) He was quite a skinny little boy. fat, plump, stout, heavy, obese, fleshy, beefy (informal), tubby, portly, podgy, broad in the beam (informal)skinnyadjectiveHaving little flesh or fat on the body:angular, bony, fleshless, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean, meager, rawboned, scrawny, slender, slim, spare, thin, twiggy, weedy.Idioms: all skin and bones, thin as a rail.Translationsskinny (ˈskini) adjective very thin. Most fat girls long to be skinny. 皮包骨的,極瘦的 极瘦的,皮包骨的 ˈskinniness noun 瘦骨如柴 消瘦ˈskinny-dipping noun (slang). go skinny-dipping to swim naked. 裸泳者 裸泳skinny
the (hot) skinnyslang The real or most accurate information or facts. They've hired me as a consultant, but so far they aren't giving me the skinny on what the project will actually be. It's all very cloaks and daggers. So, what's the hot skinny on you and Jake? Are you two, like, an item now?See also: skinny(as) skinny as a beanpoleExtremely thin. I was always skinny as a beanpole growing up, but I really filled out once I hit puberty. You want to play football? But you're as skinny as a beanpole—you'll get creamed!See also: beanpole, skinnyskinny-dippingThe practice or act of swimming in the nude, especially in a public place or someone else's private property. After a few drinks around the bonfire on the beach, we all decided to strip down and go skinny-dipping. I don't really like skinny-dipping, to be honest. It is always more embarrassing than thrilling.skinny-dipTo swim in the nude, especially in a public place or someone else's private property. We used to skinny-dip in one of our neighbors' pools—until they called the police on us one night. Our dorms were really close to a beach, so people skinny-dipped down there all the time.skinny as a beanpolevery thin; very skinny. (*Also: as ~.) I exercised and dieted until I was skinny as a beanpole.See also: beanpole, skinnyskinny-dipto swim naked. The boys were skinny-dipping in the creek when Bob's mother drove up.(hot) skinny n. inside information. I’ve got the hot skinny on Mary and her boyfriend. See also: hot, skinnyskinny verbSee hot skinnySkinny
Skinny(Skinny Station Protocol) Cisco's proprietary implementation of the H.323 IP telephony model. Skinny phones can also be configured for the SIP protocol. See IP telephony.skinny
Synonyms for skinnyadj thinSynonyms- thin
- lean
- scrawny
- skeletal
- emaciated
- twiggy
- undernourished
- skin-and-bone
- scraggy
- macilent
Antonyms- fat
- plump
- stout
- heavy
- obese
- fleshy
- beefy
- tubby
- portly
- podgy
- broad in the beam
Synonyms for skinnyadj having little flesh or fat on the bodySynonyms- angular
- bony
- fleshless
- gaunt
- lank
- lanky
- lean
- meager
- rawboned
- scrawny
- slender
- slim
- spare
- thin
- twiggy
- weedy
Synonyms for skinnynoun confidential information about a topic or personRelated Wordsadj being very thinSynonyms- scraggy
- scrawny
- underweight
- weedy
- boney
Related Wordsadj fitting snuglySynonyms- tight fitting
- tightfitting
- tight-fitting
- tightly fitting
Related Wordsadj giving or spending with reluctanceSynonyms- cheeseparing
- penny-pinching
- near
- close
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