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How to pronounce “skinny”
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Pronunciation guide for skinny
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of skinny with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Tim Jackson: An economic reality check 24 minutes
on less than the price of a skinny latte
- Definition summary
- (informal) Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce skinny
Tim Jackson: An economic reality check 24 minutes

on less than the price of a skinny latte
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “skinny”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- (informal) Thin, generally in a negative sense (as opposed to slim, which is thin in a positive sense).
- (informal) Of food or a beverage, having reduced fat or calories.
- Naked; nude (chiefly used in the phrase skinny dipping).
- (of clothing) Tight-fitting.
- (golf) Synonym of thin (“type of shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head”).
- [Noun]
- (colloquial) The details or facts; especially, those obtained by gossip or rumor.
- A state of nakedness; nudity.
- (informal) A low-fat serving of coffee.
- (nonstandard) A skinny being.
- An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a narrow fence.
- [Verb]
- (transitive, informal) To reduce or cut down.
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