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skinny

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skinny in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. being very thin
    "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"
    scraggy  boney  scrawny  skinny  underweight  weedy 
  2. giving or spending with reluctance
    "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
    cheeseparing  close  near  penny-pinching  skinny 
  3. of or relating to or resembling skin
    skinny 
  4. fitting snugly
    "a tightly-fitting cover"; "tight-fitting clothes"
    tight-fitting  tightfitting  tight fitting  tightly fitting  skinny 
noun
  1. confidential information about a topic or person
    "he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner"
    skinny 
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