1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scrimp.

2. (a. & n.) from Scrimp.

Scotch canny careful chary cheeseparing chinchy chintzy conserving cooling cooling down cooling off curtailment cutback economic economization economizing economy economy of assumption economy of means elegance exiguous forehanded frugal frugal to excess frugality infrequent labor-saving law of parsimony low growth rate meager miserly money-saving overfrugal parsimonious parsimoniousness parsimony penny-wise penny-wise and pound-foolish piddling pinching poor provident prudent prudential rare reduction of expenses reduction of spending retrenchment saving scamping scant scanty scarce scattered scraping scrimpy seldom met with seldom seen skimping skimpy slim slowdown spare sparing sparse spotty sprinkled stingy stinting thin thrifty tight time-saving too frugal unwasteful