skinny

Etymology
From, equivalent to. The meaning associated with lack of fat or muscle possibly derives from the phrase ; the meaning associated with nudity refers to the exposed skin.

Adjective

 * 1)  Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
 * 2)  Having reduced fat or calories.
 * 3) Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
 * 4)  Tight-fitting.
 * skinny jeans
 * 1) Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
 * 2)  Tight-fitting.
 * skinny jeans
 * 1)  Tight-fitting.
 * skinny jeans
 * 1)  Tight-fitting.
 * skinny jeans
 * 1)  Tight-fitting.
 * skinny jeans
 * skinny jeans

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:scrawny

Antonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:obese

Translations

 * Arabic: نَحِيف
 * Aromanian: slab
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: худы́
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎤᎴᏐᏓ
 * Chickasaw: chonna
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 瘦
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἰσχνός
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:, , tutta pelle, , , , , , pelle e ossa, , ,
 * Japanese: 骨と皮ばかりの, ,
 * Javanese:,   ,  ,
 * Kabuverdianu: magru, mógre
 * Khmer: ស្គមស្គាំង,
 * Korean: ,
 * Lao: ຈ່ອຍ
 * Latin: macer, gracilis
 * Louisiana Creole French: mæg, mèg
 * Macedonian: мршав
 * Maori: pakarea, hīroki, hīoi, whīrokiroki, tūpuhi, tūai, tūpuhipuhi, whīroki, kōhoi
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, skinnmager
 * Occitan:, magrostin
 * Old English: mæġer
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: denn, hollrigjich
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: raphi
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: мршав
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: chudý
 * Slovene:, shujšan
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Tày: ảy
 * Ukrainian: худи́й
 * Urdu: پتلا
 * Vietnamese:, , ,
 * Yiddish: מאָגער

Noun

 * 1)  The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
 * She called to get the skinny on the latest goings-on in the club.
 * 1) A state of nakedness; nudity.
 * 2)  A low-fat serving of coffee.
 * 3)  A skinny being.
 * 1)  A low-fat serving of coffee.
 * 2)  A skinny being.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin: macer
 * Spanish:


 * Italian: ,

Verb

 * 1)  To reduce or cut down.
 * 2) * 2001, Bankruptcy Court Decisions (volume 38, page A-7)
 * Said one judge: "What is [Chapter 22] other than the process of skinnying the company down? Are there some inefficiencies in that? If so, they can be absorbed by the economy and the country."
 * 1) * 2001, Bankruptcy Court Decisions (volume 38, page A-7)
 * Said one judge: "What is [Chapter 22] other than the process of skinnying the company down? Are there some inefficiencies in that? If so, they can be absorbed by the economy and the country."