Dictionary entry

Skimp

Pronunciation: /skɪmp/

Pronunciation

/skɪmp/

Myanmar Meaning

(v.t & v.i) ခြစ်ခြုတ်သည်။တွန့်တိုသည်။စစ်စီသည်။အပေးကမ်းကုပ်ကပ်သည်။

Definition

skimp /skÇmp/ v ~ (on sth) ေခြၽတာသည္။ ၿခိဳးၿခံသည္။ ေစးႏွဲသည္။ Don't skimp by using margarine instead of butter. ေထာပတ္အစား ဟင္းရြက္ဆီသံုးၿပီး ေခြၽတာမေနနဲ႔။ ❍ You should not skimp on insurance when booking your holiday. ❏ skimpy adj (-ier , -iest) ( derog ) မစို႔မပို႔။ မလံု႔တလံု။ a rather skimpy meal ❍ The dancers wore skimpy dresses.

Examples

  1. [skimp on] : The dessert was good but they had skimped on the chocolate sauce.
  2. [skimp on] : Don’t skimp on grass seed – it’s worth paying more for the better varieties.