Lexic.us

Definition of Skinny

1. Adjective. Being very thin. "A long scrawny neck"

2. Noun. Confidential information about a topic or person. "He wanted the inside skinny on the new partner"

3. Adjective. Of or relating to or resembling skin.

4. Adjective. Fitting snugly. "Tight-fitting clothes"

5. Adjective. Giving or spending with reluctance. "A penny-pinching miserly old man"

Definition of Skinny

1. a. Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh.

Definition of Skinny

1. Adjective. (informal) Having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful. ¹

2. Adjective. (informal) Low-fat. ¹

3. Adjective. Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping). ¹

4. Noun. A skinny person ¹

5. Noun. (colloquial) The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor. ¹

6. Noun. A state of nakedness; nudity. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Skinny

1. very thin [adj -NIER, -NIEST]

Medical Definition of Skinny

1. Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh. "Her skinny lips." "He holds him with a skinny hand." (Coleridge) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Skinny

skinmags skinnable skinned skinner skinnerian conditioning skinnerite skinners skinnier skinnies skinniest

skinnily skinniness skinninesses skinning skinning back skinny (current term) skinny-dip skinny-dipper skinny-dippers skinny-dipping

skinny as a rail skinny dip skinny dipping skinny mirror skinnydip skinnydipping skinnymalinks skins skinship skinsuit

Literary usage of Skinny

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"... settlements—Continued Lafferty the cop and. the tall skinny guy. AE City inspection for its own wards. ..."

2. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"Marci put her arm around him and he buried his face in her skinny neck, the hot tears coursing down her collarbones. 'avey Came to him that night and pinned ..."

3. Bench and Bar by William S. Hein & Company (1919)
"INCORPORATION OF THE FAT AND skinny. We are indebted to Mr. Justice Mitchell for an interesting contribution to the law of membership corporations, ..."

4. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"... and Gay-Colored Raiment — Fatalists — The Great Bend in Mulberry Street—Mouldy Bread and skinny Poultry — Tainted Meat and Ancient Fish—Unbearable Odors ..."

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