Clues for the word "SCRIMP"
We've had 46 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 116 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on April 07, 2026.
Definition of scrimp
- v. t. - To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat.
- a. - Short; scanty; curtailed.
- n. - A pinching miser; a niggard.
Referring Clues
- Penny-pinch
- Save's partner
- Cut corners
- Save, and then some
- Pinch pennies
- Be frugal
- Economize
- Eschew extravagance
- Scratch and save
- Subsist on next to nothing
- Live frugally
- Be thrifty
- Be overly frugal
- Be frugal
- Count every penny
- Stick to a tight budget
- Be miserly
- Really cut back
- Be extremely frugal
- Subsist on a meagre allowance
- Be very economical
- Pinch
- Pinch small flute
- Be economical and sparing
- Demonstrate parsimony
- To economise, Frenchman is introduced to bonus shares
- Watch the pennies
- Be careful to have a little money in shares
- Economise with curls, end up coming first
- Live meagrely
- Be near front of sheep fold
- Spend little on fabric that's soft
- Be sparing with shampoo initially, then set hair
- Make too small, stint
- Part Scrooge, part devil: both made to economise
- Pinch shellfish, cold not hot
- Subsist on a meagre allowance; be thrifty
- Keep limited opener for Somerset at crease
- Be economical with small wave
- Small creature has cold, rather than hot, stint
- Skimp
- Tighten one's belt
- Act frugally
- Keep to a tight budget
- Act stingily
- Pinch every penny
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - April 07, 2026
- Your Life Choices - January 12, 2026
- Daily American - January 03, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - November 08, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - March 17, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - February 06, 2025
- Your Life Choices - January 31, 2025
- Daily American - January 15, 2025
- Daily American - October 07, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - May 10, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - April 12, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 31, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - January 03, 2024
- Daily American - January 03, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 22, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 07, 2023
- USA Today - June 18, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - June 14, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - May 14, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 21, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - February 04, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - February 03, 2023
- Daily American - January 15, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - January 11, 2023
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 13, 2022
- Daily American - October 07, 2022
- Daily American - January 03, 2018
- Netword - December 29, 2017
- Your Life Choices - November 20, 2017
- Mindfood Daily - October 04, 2017
- And in 86 more crossword puzzles...