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Adjective
/ˈskinē/,
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skinnier, comparative; skinniest, superlative;
  1. (of a person or part of their body) Very thin
    • - his skinny arms
  2. (of an article of clothing) Tight-fitting
    • - a skinny black dress
  3. (of coffee) Made with skimmed or semi-skimmed milk
    • - one skinny latte to go, please
Noun
  1. A skinny person

  2. Confidential information on a particular person or topic
    • - the inside skinny is that he didn't know the deal was in the works
  1. confidential information about a topic or person; "he wanted the inside skinny on the new partner"
  2. scraggy: being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long scrawny neck"
  3. of or relating to or resembling skin
  4. tight-fitting: fitting snugly; "a tightly-fitting cover"; "tight-fitting clothes"
  5. cheeseparing: giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
  6. dope: slang terms for inside information; "is that the straight dope?"
  7. Skinny was a band from London, which released two albums over a course of four years. Their most successful song, "Failure", was included on both albums.
  8. SKINNY is a directing team based in Los Angeles that specializes in music videos. It is composed of David Hache, Marc-Edouard Leon and Dori Oskowitz. SKINNY is known for developing its concepts through the use of creative methods that are deeply rooted in mysticism. ...
  9. Skinny is the debut novel by Hungarian-Canadian author Ibi Kaslik, first published by HarperCollins in May 2004. It appeared on the New York Times best sellers list for two consecutive weeks in 2008.
  10. Steve "Skinny" Felton (born December 6, 1969) is the American drummer for Mushroomhead, Tenafly Viper and (216). He is one of the founding members of Mushroomhead. He can be identified as the dark skull-like face with dreadlocks. ...
  11. Skinny (They Can't Get Enough) is the second album by rap group, The Skinny Boys. It was released in 1988 for Jive Records, distributed by RCA Records and was produced by Mark Bush. Skinny (They Can't Get Enough) peaked at #71 on the Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
  12. The Skinny is the debut album by Slimm Cutta Calhoun.
  13. A skinny person; The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor; A state of nakedness; nudity; Having little flesh and fat; slim; slender; narrow; thin, generally beyond what looks beautiful; Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping)
  14. (Skinnies) (elastic loop placed around one ankle)
  15. made with nonfat milk; if the drink has syrup, the syrup will be sugar-free
  16. (as in Skinny Cappuccino or Latte): An espresso-based drink made with skim or nonfat milk.
  17. slang reference for the gaunt appearance of the hostiles or BAD GUYS encountered during Operation RESTORE HOPE in Somalia; term related to the emaciation caused by malnutrition. ...
  18. Ordering a coffee beverage requesting the use of skim milk.
  19. A skinny is any fence with a narrow face. These require accurate riding and the ability to keep the horse straight, as it is easy for a horse to "glance off" such narrow obstacles. Combinations involving skinnies become increasingly common as the rider moves up the levels.
  20. a wooden beam, roughly 6 inches or less in width, raised off the ground.
  21. if you want a latte made with nonfat or skim milk, just say you want it "skinny."
  22. meaning inside information or the truth about a situation, likely originated in the military during World War II, but was not widely used until the 1960s. “The skinny” makes sense as information “down to the bones,” the nitty-gritty behind the public fat.
  23. In basic terms, an espresso drink made with skim milk. Can be extended to also include other calorie lowering devices like sugar-free syrup in fancier beverages.
  24. skinnies are narrow crude bridges (often just a single log or a plank). The term is frequently used in North Shore style mountain biking.
  25. n [Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang ‘vogue term among adolescents in the 1980s, said to have originated in the armed forces in the 1940s and might be jocularly based on "the naked truth"’] News, information, gossip 2001 Sept GC&SU females What’s the skinny for today?