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1 noun∎ what's the skinny on the situation? est-ce qu'il y a du nouveau?□∎ the skinny look is in fashion c'est à la mode d'être très mince;∎ she's a skinny little thing elle est petite et menue;∎ American as skinny as a rail mince comme un fil(b) (sweater, T-shirt etc) collant -
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['skini](very thin: Most fat girls long to be skinny.) (très) maigre- skinny-dipping -
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= faire figurer des informations mensongères sur l'emballage deThe president of a "low-fat" baked-goods company went to jail after pleading guilty to misbranding products. According to the Food and Drug Administration, the company had simply purchased regular day-old pastries from a Chicago bakery and repackaged them under its "Skinny" line. While all the items were supposed to contain one or two grams of fat and 125 to 165 calories, at least one, a carob doughnut, had 23 1/2 grams of fat and 411 calories.
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(a) (layer, wire) mince, fin; (wall) mince, peu épais(aisse); (person → skinny) maigre; (→ lean) mince; (leg, neck) maigre; (lips, book) mince; (clothing, blanket) léger, fin; (carpet) ras; (crowd) peu nombreux, épars;∎ to become or to get or to grow thin (person) maigrir;∎ he's as thin as a British rake or American rail il est maigre comme un clou ou sec comme un coup de trique;∎ it's the thin end of the wedge cela ne fait que commencer et ne présage rien de bon;∎ the move appears to be the thin end of the wedge of eventual privatisation cette mesure est vraisemblablement le prélude à une privatisation à venir;∎ cheap hotels are thin on the ground les hôtels bon marché sont rares;∎ honest people are thin on the ground les gens honnêtes sont rares ou ne courent pas les rues(b) (sparse → beard, hair) clairsemé;∎ he's getting a bit thin on top il commence à perdre ses cheveux, il se dégarnit(c) (in consistency → soup, sauce) clair; (→ cream) liquide; (→ paint, ink) délayé, dilué; (→ blood) appauvri, anémié∎ she seemed to vanish into thin air elle semblait s'être volatilisée;∎ to conjure sth out of thin air sortir qch de nulle part∎ the report is rather thin on facts le rapport ne présente pas beaucoup de faits concrets∎ to have a thin time of it (go through difficult time) traverser une période difficile; (not enjoy oneself) s'ennuyer, s'embêter;∎ there are thin times ahead for the coal industry une période de vaches maigres s'annonce pour l'industrie houillère;∎ Stock Exchange trading was thin le marché était calme2 adverb(sauce, soup) allonger, délayer, éclaircir(crowd) s'éclaircir, se disperser; (fog) se lever, devenir moins dense ou épais(aisse); (smoke) devenir moins dense ou épais(aisse); (population) se réduire;∎ his hair is thinning il perd ses cheveux►► Electronics thin film transistor transistor m en couche mince(sauce, soup) allonger, éclaircir, délayer; (paint) délayer, diluer(person) maigrir➲ thin out -
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thinnish ['θɪnɪʃ](a) (layer, wire etc) assez mince; (person → skinny) maigrichon(onne), maigrelet(ette); (→ lean) assez mince; (clothing) assez léger, assez fin; (crowd) assez peu nombreux(b) (hair, beard) assez clairsemé
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Skinny — can refer to: * Skinny Client Control Protocol * Skinny Disco (Deathtars Member) * A thin person * Skinny (Dan Marino), American Football player * Skinny, the Mushroomhead drummer * A slang term for inside or confidential information * A coffee… … Wikipedia
Skinny — Skin ny, a. Consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh. Her skinny lips. Shak. [1913 Webster] He holds him with a skinny hand. Coleridge. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
skinny — (adj.) 1570s, resembling skin, from SKIN (Cf. skin) (n.). Meaning emaciated is recorded from c.1600. In the sense of the truth it is World War II military slang, perhaps from the notion of the naked truth. Skinny dipping recorded by 1959 … Etymology dictionary
skinny — scrawny, rawboned, angular, gaunt, lank, lanky, *lean, spare Antonyms: fleshy … New Dictionary of Synonyms
skinny — [adj] very thin angular, bony, emaciated, gaunt, lank, lanky, lean, like a rail*, malnourished, rawboned, scraggy, scrawny, skeletal, skin and bone*, slender, spare, twiggy, undernourished, underweight; concepts 490,491 Ant. chubby, fat, heavy,… … New thesaurus
skinny — ► ADJECTIVE (skinnier, skinniest) 1) (of a person) unattractively thin. 2) (of an article of clothing) tight fitting. DERIVATIVES skinniness noun … English terms dictionary
skinny — [skin′ē] adj. skinnier, skinniest 1. of or like skin 2. without much flesh; very thin 3. of inadequate size, growth, etc. n. Slang inside or confidential information; gossip skinniness n … English World dictionary
skinny — skin|ny1 [ skıni ] adjective 1. ) very thin, in a way that is not attractive. Someone who is thin in an attractive way is slender or slim: As a kid she was always really skinny. skinny arms/legs 2. ) AMERICAN INFORMAL low in fat: a skinny latte 3 … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
skinny — UK [ˈskɪnɪ] / US adjective Word forms skinny : adjective skinny comparative skinnier superlative skinniest 1) informal very thin, in a way that is not attractive. Someone who is thin in an attractive way is slender or slim As a kid she was always … English dictionary
skinny — /ˈskɪni / (say skinee) adjective (skinnier, skinniest) 1. lean; emaciated. 2. of or like skin. 3. Colloquial having less than the usual fat content: skinny milk; a skinny cappuccino. 4. reduced by being shorter or less complicated: a skinny… …
skinny — skinniness, n. /skin ee/, adj., skinnier, skinniest, n. adj. 1. very lean or thin; emaciated: a skinny little kitten. 2. of or like skin. 3. unusually low or reduced; meager; minimal: skinny profits. 4. (of an object) narrow or slender: a skinny… … Universalium