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skinny
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skin·ny  (skn)
adj. skin·ni·er, skin·ni·est
1. Very thin. See Synonyms at lean2.
2. Of, relating to, or resembling skin.
n. Slang
Inside information; the real facts: learned the skinny on their falling-out.

skinni·ness n.

skinny [ˈskɪnɪ]
adj -nier, -niest
1. lacking in flesh; thin
2. consisting of or resembling skin
skinniness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.skinny - confidential information about a topic or person; "he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner"
info, information - a message received and understood
Adj.1.skinnyskinny - being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"
lean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
2.skinny - of or relating to or resembling skin
3.skinny - fitting snugly; "a tightly-fitting cover"; "tight-fitting clothes"
tight - closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "tight skirts"; "he hated tight starched collars"; "fingers closed in a tight fist"; "a tight feeling in his chest"
4.skinny - giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
stingy, ungenerous - unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"

skinny
adjective thin, lean, scrawny, skeletal, emaciated, twiggy, undernourished, skin-and-bone (informal), scraggy, macilent (rare) He was quite a skinny little boy.
fat, plump, stout, heavy, obese, fleshy, beefy (informal), tubby, portly, podgy, broad in the beam (informal)
Translations
skinny [ˈskɪnɪ] ADJ (skinnier (compar) (skinniest (superl))) → flaco

skinny [ˈskɪni] adj [person, arms, legs] → maigre
skinny-dipping [ˈskɪnidɪpɪŋ] nbaignade f à poil >; (at night)bain m de minuit
to go skinny-dipping → se baigner à poil >; (at night)prendre un bain de minuit
skinny-rib sweater npull-chaussette m

skinny
adj (+er) (inf) person, legs, armsdünn; sweatereng anliegend attr, → hauteng
n (US inf: = piece of information) → vertrauliche Information, Insider-Information f; that’s the skinny (on that)das ist der Witz daran (inf), → das ist genau der Punkt

skinny:
skinny-dip
vi (inf)nackt baden
skinny dipping
n (inf)Nacktbaden nt; to go skinnynackt baden
skinny-rib
adjRippen-; skinny sweaterRippenpullover m

skinny [ˈskɪnɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (usu pej) (person) → magro/a, gracile, mingherlino/a; (jumper) → striminzito/a
skinny [ˈskɪnɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (usu pej) (person) → magro/a, gracile, mingherlino/a; (jumper) → striminzito/a

skinny
adj skinny [ˈskini]
very thin Most fat girls long to be skinny. maer نَحيف جدا мършав hubený mager mager κοκαλιάρης flaco, enjuto kõhn لاغر luiseva (très) maigre רָזֶה מְאוֹד दुबला mršav sovány kurus magur, grindhoraður magro, scarno やせた 피골이 상접한 liesas kaulains; vājš kurus kering broodmager rad-/skinnmager chudy magricela (foarte) slab тощий chudý, tenký mršav mršav mager, skinntorr ผอมมาก çok zayıf, sıska, çiroz gibi 皮包骨的 худорлявий; шкіра й кістки دبلا، پتلا gầy nhom
n skinniness
maerheid نَحافَه شَديدَه измършавялост hubenost magerhed die Magerkeit ισχνότητα, αδυναμία delgadez kõhnus لاغري luisevuus maigreur רָזוֹן दुबलापन mršavost soványság kekurusan megurð magrezza やせていること 여윔 liesumas kaulainums; vājums kurus kering magerte (rad)magerhet chudość magreza slăbiciune худоба, кожа да кости chudosť mršavost mršavost magerhet, skinntorrhet ความผอม zayıflık, sıskalık 极瘦 худорлявість دبلاپا sự gầy nhom
n skinny-dipping
(slang) go skinny-dipping to swim naked. kaal swem يَسْبَح عاريا плуване без дрехи koupat se bez plavek nøgenbadning das FKK-Schwimmen, das Nacktbaden γυμνισμός (λαϊκ.) bañarse desnudo alasti ujumine برهنه شنا كردن baignade à poil שְחִייָה בְּעֵירוֹם नंगे नहाना kupanje bez odjeće, kupati se gol úszás meztelenül berenang telanjang (il fare il bagno nudi) 素っ裸で泳ぐこと 알몸 수영 maudymasis nusirengus nuogai peldēties kailam berenang bogel (het) naakt zwemmen nakenbading; bade naken kąpiel na golasa купаться нагишом kúpanie bez plaviek iti se nag kopat plivati nag bada naken ว่ายน้ำแบบเปลือยกาย çırılçıplak yüzmek 裸泳 плавати голим ننگا ہو کر تیرنا bơi trần truồng

skinny هزيل الجسم hubený mager dünn ισχνός flaco erittäin laiha maigre mršav magro やせこけた 말라빠진 broodmager tynn chudy magrelo, magrizela тощий smal ผอมมาก kürdan gibi gầy nhom 极瘦的


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