skinny
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(informal)Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender
- 2.
(informal)Of food or a beverage, having reduced fat or calories.
skinny flat white
- 3.
Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
- 4.
(of clothing) Tight-fitting.
skinny jeans
- 5.
(golf) Synonym of thin (“type of shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head”).
Đồng nghĩa: thin
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noun- 1.
(colloquial)The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
She called to get the skinny on the latest goings-on in the club.
- 2.
A state of nakedness; nudity.
- 3.
(informal)A low-fat serving of coffee.
- 4.
(nonstandard)A skinny being.
- 5.
An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a narrow fence.
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verb- 1.
(informal, transitive)To reduce or cut down.
Said one judge: "What is [Chapter 22] other than the process of skinnying the company down? Are there some inefficiencies in that? If so, they can be absorbed by the economy and the country."
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From Middle English skinny (resembling skin), equivalent to skin + -y. The meaning associated with lack of fat or muscle possibly derives from the phrase skin and bones; the meaning associated with nudity refers to the exposed skin.