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   Skin·ny

   /ˈskinē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person or part of their body) unattractively or unusually thin: "his skinny arms"
   • 2. (of an article of clothing) tight-fitting: "a skinny black dress"
   • ▪ (of a pair of pants, especially jeans) tight-fitting and with very narrow legs: "in the winter I live in skinny jeans and boots"
   • 3. (of coffee) made with skimmed or semi-skimmed milk: informal "one skinny latte to go, please"

   noun

   • 1. a skinny person.
   • 2. a pair of skinny pants, especially jeans: "if you're tired of squeezing into your skinnies, bell-bottoms and flares are back in fashion"
   • 3. confidential information on a particular person or topic: US "the inside skinny is that he didn't know the deal was in the works"

   Derivatives

   • 1. skinniness noun

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