skinny
/ˈskɪni/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
Informal
adj
Example Sentences
- "Her recent weight loss has made her look rather skinny than slender"
- "skinny flat white"
- "...into the skinny chocolate milk?"
- "Also bring me three quarts of ‘skinny’ milk. What the matter, Mr. Kuziavka, have you just fallen from the moon?! Don't you know about ‘skinny’ milk? It's milk, from which the fat has been removed and..."
- "“All right,” said Katz, who, waiting on his skinny milk latte, turned to snap his fingers at the only waiter in the room."
- "People always order a "skinny" margarita without knowing exactly what that means for the ingredients. Skinny means the cocktail has a natural sweetener like lime juice or agave nectar, and none of that slushy, syrupy sweet-and-sour mix."
Etymology
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.