skinny
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1.3
- adjective
- /ˈskɪni/
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- Just then the front door swooshed open, and in walked a tallish, skinny boy about fourteen.
- look skinny
- skinny legs
- a skinny little girl
And again, he like long skinny legs, big boy.
- And again, he like long skinny legs, big boy.
- And Mark Zuckerberg is like skinny and does jujitsu.
- Why do we think that skinny women are beautiful now?
- I was much, much skinnier than I had thought.
- But for me, I was just a skinny little punk from Texas.
- I wanted to put my tall, skinny ostrich neck to work.
- Filament fibers are just one long skinny strand intact.
- I mean, he's undersized, he's skinny, he's not quick yet.
- The wand is like the skinniest little thing you've ever seen.
- Probably also being skinny, like I I was really tiny.
Examples
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Before she could ask Bev, a skinny man began talking in a loud voice.
Fiction book (1990) -
These days you can be too skinny in Paris.
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At lunch that day, I left my skinny, sad body at the table.
Academic text (2004) -
What if they think I'm too skinny or too ugly or anything like that?
Academic text (2005) -
Jack is dancing with a shy, skinny girl, and Eugene is dancing with a boisterous, big girl.
Fiction book (1990) -
You're skinny.
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Sinful Slim was a skinny roan with bandaged front legs and a small, square head.
Fiction book (1990) -
I mean, he's undersized, he's skinny, he's not quick yet.
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The doctor warned her that being too skinny could lead to health problems.
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He looked skinny after months of neglecting his diet and exercise.
Synonyms
314
1.0
Having little body fat and a slim shape
108
2.5
Thin with little extra fat or money
60
1.0
Thin and with little body fat
57
1.4
Thin and graceful in shape
40
4.2
Very thin and weak in a way that looks unhealthy
30
2.5
So thin that you can see the bones under the skin
9
6.0
Thin and untidy in appearance, often with rough, uneven ends
9
7.3
Very thin and pale from illness, hunger, or hard times
8
7.8
Extremely thin from illness or lack of food with bones showing
8
3.1
Very thin and below a healthy weight for their age and height
6
7.1
Thin and graceful in a way that looks attractive
5
6.0
Very thin with bones showing under the skin
1
5.4
Very thin and weak, with little muscle
1
7.0
Very thin person with little or no fat
1
6.0
Very thin in a way that looks like a small branch
Thin so you can see or feel the bones
Very thin and bony in a way that looks unhealthy
An animal or object with a slim, narrow body
Having a thin, narrow body shape
Having a long thin body
Antonyms
Idioms
- Slang
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9.8
Information that gives the most important facts about what happened, often secret
Compounds
- Slang
A person people admire online for their style or confidence, often for being very slim
How Thin
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word skinny comes from skin, the outer layer of the body, and gives the image 'skin and bones', meaning almost no fat. So skinny today means very thin.