- scrimp (v.)
- "to make too small," 1774, originally an adjective, "scant, meager" (1718), possibly from a Scandinavian source (cf. Swedish skrumpna "to shrink, shrivel up"), or from a continental Germanic source akin to Middle High German schrimpfen, German schrumpfen "to shrivel" (cf. shrimp). Related: Scrimped; scrimping.