skinny

/ˈskɪni/

/ˈskɪni/

Other forms: skinnier; skinniest; skinnies

Someone who's skinny is thin. Your brother might be skinny enough to fit in the jeans he wore three years ago.

A skinny person is slight or lean, and your skinny jeans are tight-fitting. You might order a skinny coffee drink at a cafe, meaning you'd like it to be made with skim milk. If someone offers to give you "the skinny" on something, they're revealing some secret information. This last, informal meaning stems from military slang during World War II, probably from the idea of "naked," or undisguised, truth.

Definitions of skinny

1. adjective

   being very thin
   “a child with skinny freckled legs”

   synonyms: boney, scraggy, scrawny, underweight, weedy

   lean, thin

   lacking excess flesh
2. adjective

   of or relating to or resembling skin
3. adjective

   fitting snugly
   synonyms: tight fitting, tight-fitting, tightfitting, tightly fitting

   tight

   closely constrained or constricted or constricting
4. adjective

   giving or spending with reluctance
   synonyms: cheeseparing, close, near, penny-pinching

   stingy, ungenerous

   unwilling to spend
5. noun

   confidential information about a topic or person
   “he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner”

   type of:

   info, information

   a message received and understood