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How to pronounce “scrimp”
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Pronunciation guide for scrimp
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of scrimp with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 4 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- An honest look at the personal finance crisis
but he will scrimp and save 15,000 dollars at one point
- Definition summary
- A pinching miser; a niggard.
Example 1 of 4
How to pronounce scrimp
An honest look at the personal finance crisis
but he will scrimp and save 15,000 dollars at one point
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “scrimp”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- A pinching miser; a niggard.
- [Verb]
- (transitive, sometimes with on) To make too small or short; to shortchange.
- (transitive) To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance.
- (intransitive) To be frugal, whether to a reasonable and wise extent or to a miserly and unwise extent.
- [Adjective]
- Short; scanty; curtailed.
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