Lean, spare, lank, lanky, gaunt, rawboned, scrawny, skinny mean thin because of an absence of excess flesh Entertainment skinny (band), defunct british electronica/rock band skinny (they can't get enough), 1988 album by rap group the skinny boys skinny, a song by billie eilish from her album hit me hard and soft, 2024 skinny skinny, a song by ashton irwin from the 2020 album superbloom skinny (novel), 2004 debut novel of ibi kaslik Lean stresses lack of fat and of curving contours.
See examples of skinny used in a sentence. See ‘meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. The meaning associated with lack of fat or muscle possibly derives from the phrase skin and bones
Discover everything about the word skinny in english Definition of skinny adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. There are 14 meanings listed in oed's entry for the word skinny, three of which are labelled obsolete
