Scrimp
Scrimp , transitive verb
[Compare Danish skrumpe, German schrumpfen, Dutch krimpen. Compare Shrimp, Shrink.]
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.
Scrimp , adjective
Short; scanty; curtailed.
Scrimp , noun
A pinching miser; a niggard. [United States]