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to be stingy with

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  • stingy — stingy1 stingily, adv. stinginess, n. /stin jee/, adj., stingier, stingiest. 1. reluctant to give or spend; not generous; niggardly; penurious: He s a stingy old miser. 2. scanty or meager: a stingy little income. [1650 60; perh. deriv. of STING; …   Universalium

  • stingy — adjective (stingier; est) Etymology: perhaps from English dialect *stinge, noun, sting; akin to Old English stingan to sting Date: 1659 1. not generous or liberal ; sparing or scant in using, giving, or spending < stingy with the salt > < stingy… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • stingy — adj. stingy with (stingy with one s money) * * * [ stɪŋdʒɪ] stingy with (stingy With one s money) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • stingy — stin•gy [[t]ˈstɪn dʒi[/t]] adj. gi•er, gi•est 1) reluctant to give or spend; niggardly; penurious 2) scanty or meager • Etymology: 1650–60; perh. der. of dial. stinge sting; see y I stin′gi•ly, adv. stin′gi•ness, n. syn: stingy, parsimonious,… …   From formal English to slang

  • stingy — UK [ˈstɪndʒɪ] / US adjective Word forms stingy : adjective stingy comparative stingier superlative stingiest informal unwilling to spend, give, or use a lot of money The country, with its own economic problems, has grown stingy with its financial …   English dictionary

  • stingy — [[t]stɪ̱nʤi[/t]] stingier, stingiest ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as stingy, you are criticizing them for being unwilling to spend money. [INFORMAL] The West is stingy with aid... Winston was not a stingy man. Syn: mean Ant:… …   English dictionary

  • Stingy Jack — Stingy Jack, otherwise known as Jack the Smith is a mythological character often associated with Old Hallows Eve. It is common lore that the Jack o Lantern is derived from the tale of Jack the Smith. Folk Lore History As the story goes, several… …   Wikipedia

  • stingy — stingy, close, closefisted, tight, tightfisted, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, miserly, cheeseparing, penny pinching can mean unwilling or manifesting unwillingness to share one s goods with others or to give to another a part of one s… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • stingy — stingy1 [stin′jē] adj. stingier, stingiest [< * stinge, dial. form of STING] 1. giving or spending grudgingly or only through necessity; mean; miserly 2. less than needed or expected; scanty stingily adv. stinginess n. SYN. STINGY1 …   English World dictionary

  • stingy — stin|gy [ˈstındʒi] adj [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably from an unrecorded English dialect stinge sting (noun)] 1.) informal not generous, especially with money = ↑mean ▪ She s too stingy to give money to charity. 2.) a stingy amount of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • stingy — adjective 1 informal not generous, especially with money, when you can easily afford to be: Jim s too stingy to give money to charity. 2 a stingy amount of something, especially food, is too small to be enough: The helpings here are pretty stingy …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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