Definitions for Skinny
ˈskɪn iskin·ny

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. skinnyadjective

   confidential information about a topic or person

   "he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner"

2. scraggy, boney, scrawny, skinny, underweight, weedyadjective

   being very thin

   "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"

3. skinnyadjective

   of or relating to or resembling skin

4. tight-fitting, tightfitting, tight fitting, tightly fitting, skinnyadjective

   fitting snugly

   "a tightly-fitting cover"; "tight-fitting clothes"

5. cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching, skinnyadjective

   giving or spending with reluctance

   "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. skinnynoun

   A skinny person

2. skinnynoun

   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.

3. skinnynoun

   A state of nakedness; nudity.

4. skinnyadjective

   Having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful.

   Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender

5. skinnyadjective

   Low-fat.

6. skinnyadjective

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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Skinnyadjective

   Consisting only of skin; wanting flesh.

   Etymology: from skin.

   Her choppy finger laying
   Upon her skinny lips. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   Least the asperity of these cartilages of the windpipe should hurt the gullet, which is tender, and of a skinny substance, these annulary gristles are not made round; but where the gullet touches the windpipe, there, to fill up the circle, is only a soft membrane, which may easily give way. John Ray, on the Creation.

   His fingers meet
   In skinny films, and shape his oary feet. Joseph Addison, Ovid.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Skinny

   Skinny is another word for thin. It can also mean:

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. skinny

   Skinny generally refers to being very thin or slender. It is often used to describe someone's physical appearance denoting a body shape with minimal fat or lean muscle mass. However, it can also be used to describe objects like a narrow street or a skinny tie.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Skinnyadjective

   consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh

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1. Skinny

   Skinny was a band from London, which released two albums over a course of four years. Their most successful song, "Failure", was included on both albums.

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1. skinny

   Song lyrics by skinny -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by skinny on the Lyrics.com website.

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How to pronounce Skinny?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say Skinny in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Skinny in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Skinny in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Skinny in a Sentence

1. Scott Kennedy:

   I'm unsure that calling what was announced by President Trump an agreement is justified, if they couldn't agree on a text, that must mean they're not done. Wishing an agreement does not one make. This isn't a skinny deal. It's an invisible one.

2. Kevin Miller:

   A skinny kid from the middle of Michigan was able to work at something and represent the country a couple of times and make a career out of hockey, my situation goes to show with some dedication, you can set your sights and you can accomplish something. If (young players) have looked to me as inspiring, that makes me feel good. If they could take a moment where I was on the ice and use it to build something for themselves, that makes me feel really good.

3. Josef Penninger:

   We looked at the genetic maps of people with a BMI [ body mass index ] below 18 and compared them with those of people of normal weight and found the [ genetic variant ] that correlated with being super skinny.

4. Joseph Bompartito:

   They looked miserable, malnourished, very skinny, very pale with a depressed look on their face.

5. Amanda Gorman:

   Somehow we've weathered and witnessed a nation that isn't broken, but simply unfinished. We, the successors of a country and a time where a skinny Black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother can dream of becoming President, only to find herself reciting for one.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Skinny
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Skinny
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Skinny
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinny
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Skinny
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Skinny
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Skinny