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skinny

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adjective

skin·​ny ˈski-nē How to pronounce skinny (audio)
skinnier; skinniest
1
: resembling skin : membranous
2
a
: lacking sufficient flesh : very thin : emaciated
b
: lacking usual or desirable bulk, quantity, qualities, or significance
3
of clothes : fitting very close to the body : very tight
skinny jeans
4
: made with skim milk
a skinny latte
skinniness noun

skinny

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noun

slang
: inside information : dope
the straight skinny on what's going on John Geary
Choose the Right Synonym for skinny

lean, spare, lank, lanky, gaunt, rawboned, scrawny, skinny mean thin because of an absence of excess flesh.

lean stresses lack of fat and of curving contours.

a lean racehorse

spare suggests leanness from abstemious living or constant exercise.

the gymnast's spare figure

lank implies tallness as well as leanness.

the lank legs of the heron

lanky suggests awkwardness and loose-jointedness as well as thinness.

a lanky youth, all arms and legs

gaunt implies marked thinness or emaciation as from overwork or suffering.

a prisoner's gaunt face

rawboned suggests a large ungainly build without implying undernourishment.

a rawboned farmer

scrawny and skinny imply an extreme leanness that suggests deficient strength and vitality.

a scrawny chicken
skinny street urchins

Example Sentences

Adjective the tree swing was supported only by a couple of skinny branches her grandmother was always insisting that she was too skinny and never tired of trying to force more food on her Noun a TV show that offers all the skinny on Tinseltown and the stars that light it up
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Then, her skinny-fit pants had a slit at the hem—perfect for showing off her pointy-toe Prada heels, which elevated the look overall (as did her movie star-worthy Chanel sunglasses, and subtle ’90s-style shoulder bag). Christian Allaire, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2022 In terms of prominent San Francisco land use battles, the proposal to build 57 studio apartments on a skinny parking lot near Mission and Sixth streets was not on anyone’s radar. J.k. Dineen, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Sep. 2022 Anyone who’s traded their prepandemic skinny jeans for looser, 1990s-style pants knows the joy of a little more room. Callum Borchers, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022 O'Donnell kept things classic in a black suit with a skinny tie while his teenage daughter looked chic in a floral maxi dress. Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2022 The tall, skinny, loquacious Baird is the head of UC Riverside’s Turfgrass Research & Extension program, devoted to the study of growing and maintaining lawns. Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022 But throw some skinny five-spokes on this thing and the rear end will look goofy, even if the brakes work perfectly fine—the ID.4 recorded a decent 166-foot stop from 70 mph, drums and all. Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 6 Sep. 2022 Ivan, bearded, missing most of his teeth, a flannel shirt hanging off his skinny shoulders, sat on a bed in utter bewilderment. George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2022 Chalamet paired the daring crimson look with a pair of leather black boots, Cartier rings, and, in some photos, a pair of skinny black sunglasses. Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 2 Sep. 2022
Noun
Her groom looked dapper in a black suit and skinny tie. Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2022 Pamela Anderson's iconic look lies in her '90s skinny brows. Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 July 2022 Egging on the studio audience (that’s us), Adenikeh prods her celebrity guests for the salacious skinny (her role model may be closer to Wendy Williams). Peter Marks, Washington Post, 21 June 2022 Boyfriend, mom, skinny, bootcut, ribcage — the list of styles goes on and on. Claire Harmeyer, PEOPLE.com, 31 Mar. 2022 Actually, there is one male in this scene, Pablo Picasso, posing skinny and nude on a towel on the grass. New York Times, 17 Feb. 2022 In June 2018, 2,505 women in Ireland made history for the largest skinny-dip, according to Guinness World Records. Sarah Rumpf, Fox News, 13 July 2022 Here's the skinny on the odds for Game 4, which is at 6:30 p.m. Monday night on TNT. Emmett Prosser, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2022 There is nothing anyone can do to make my low-rise skinny jeans fashionable again. Kimberly Beekman, Outside Online, 4 Feb. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

perhaps from skin entry 1 + -y entry 4

First Known Use

Adjective

circa 1541, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1938, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of skinny was circa 1541

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