skinny

Meanings

Adjective

• thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
• Having reduced fat or calories.
• Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
• tight-fitting
• Synonym of thin

Noun

• The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
• A state of nakedness; nudity.
• A low-fat serving of coffee.
• A skinny being.

Verb

• To reduce or cut down.

Origin

• 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.