Associations to the word «Skinny»

Wiktionary

SKINNY, adjective. (informal) Having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful.
SKINNY, adjective. (informal) (of food or beverages) Low-fat.
SKINNY, adjective. Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
SKINNY, noun. (colloquial) The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
SKINNY, noun. A state of nakedness; nudity.
SKINNY, noun. (informal) A low-fat serving of coffee.
SKINNY, noun. A skinny being.
SKINNY AS A RAIL, adjective. (simile) (colloquial) Especially of a person, very skinny.
SKINNY DIP, verb. Alternative form of skinny-dip
SKINNY DIPPING, noun. The practice of swimming in the nude, as opposed to a swimsuit.
SKINNY JEANS, noun. A style of form-fitting jeans with very narrow, straight legs, which often taper inward at the ankles.
SKINNY MALINK, noun. Alternative form of skinnymalinks
SKINNY MIRROR, noun. (informal) A slightly curved mirror, typically fitted in the fitting rooms of clothing shops, that shows the customer to be thinner than reality.

Dictionary definition

SKINNY, noun. Confidential information about a topic or person; "he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner".
SKINNY, adjective. Being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck".
SKINNY, adjective. Of or relating to or resembling skin.
SKINNY, adjective. Fitting snugly; "a tightly-fitting cover"; "tight-fitting clothes".
SKINNY, adjective. Giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats