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- Dictionaryskinny/ˈskɪni/
adjective
- 1. (of a person or part of their body) unattractively or unusually thin: "his skinny arms"
- 2. (of a garment) tight-fitting: "a skinny jumper"
noun
- 1. a skinny person.
- 2. a pair of skinny jeans or trousers: "if you're tired of squeezing into your skinnies, bell-bottoms and flares are back in fashion"
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SKINNY definition: 1. very thin: 2. low in fat; used especially of coffee made with low-fat milk: 3. : . Learn more.
The meaning of SKINNY is resembling skin : membranous. How to use skinny in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Skinny.
SKINNY meaning: 1. very thin: 2. low in fat; used especially of coffee made with low-fat milk: 3. : . Learn more.
Skinny definition: very lean or thin; emaciated. See examples of SKINNY used in a sentence.
Someone who's skinny is thin. Your brother might be skinny enough to fit in the jeans he wore three years ago. A skinny person is slight or lean, and your skinny jeans are tight-fitting. You might order a skinny coffee drink at a cafe, meaning you'd like it to be made with skim milk.
1. a. Having very little bodily flesh or fat, often unattractively so; very thin. See Synonyms at lean 2. b. Having little width; narrow: a skinny island. 2. Of, relating to, or resembling skin. n. Slang. Inside information; the real facts: learned the skinny on their falling-out. skin′ni·ness n.
If you say that someone is skinny, you mean that they are very thin in a way you find unattractive.