"skinny" meaning in English

See skinny in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈskɪni/ Audio: en-us-skinny.ogg [US] Forms: skinny [positive], skinnier [comparative], skinniest [superlative]
Etymology: skin + -y Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|skin|y}} skin + -y Head templates: {{adj|skinny|skinnier|skinniest}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A skinny person or animal has few flesh or muscle around the skeleton, he/she/it has a thin and narrow body.
    Sense id: simple-skinny-en-adj-VhVK3rEX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -y

Noun

IPA: /ˈskɪni/ Audio: en-us-skinny.ogg [US] Forms: skinny [singular], skinnies [plural]
Etymology: skin + -y Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|skin|y}} skin + -y Head templates: {{irrnoun|skinnies}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A skinny is a person who has not enough flesh, enough muscle, whose body appears to be too thin and narrow.
    Sense id: simple-skinny-en-noun-Y2LtWM6O
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -y
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