Scrimp /(?)/

Scrimp

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Scrimped; p. pr. & vb. n. Scrimping

  1. To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat.

Scrimp

a.
  1. Short; scanty; curtailed.

Scrimp

n.
  1. A pinching miser; a niggard. [U.S.]