0 present participle of scrimp
1 to save money by spending less than is necessary to reach an acceptable standard:
They should not for ever be thinking of chopping, scrimping and saving.
We shall never get it by stinginess and scrimping and scraping.
We have not achieved that through cuts, scrimping and saving.
They are all scrimping from the same pool.
No scrimping here, he assured his audience; there would he plenty of social fund officers to ensure fair play.
It is a simple case of scrimping to make savings.
It means that every local authority in every county is scrimping and saving to try to get young people interested, happy and keen to play their part.
For those who are already scrimping and saving to provide their children with an education this is a gross injustice and burden that they should not have to bear.
