Meaning of Skinny | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
   colloquial
2. A state of nakedness; nudity.
3. A low-fat serving of coffee.
   informal
4. A skinny being.
   nonstandard
5. An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a narrow fence.

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Examples

“She called to get the skinny on the latest goings-on in the club.”

“Again, she appears nude whilst dipping in the skinny, but this time, instead of being eaten by a shark or a bear, she encounters a Japanese submarine”

“"Nobody would bother peeking these days," she said ruefully, "in bathing suits or in the skinny."”

“"Either a skinny had judged (correctly) that it was worth one of their buildings to try for one of us, or one of my own mates was getting mighty careless with fireworks" .."A congregation in church — a skinny flophouse — maybe even their defense headquarters. All I knew was that it was a very big room filled with more skinnies than I wanted to see in my whole life."”

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