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Skimped
- verb - limit in quality or quantity
- subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp"
- supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"
- work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
Skinned
- verb - bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy skinned his knee when he fell"
- climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
- having skin of a specified kind
- remove the bark of a tree
- strip the skin off; "pare apples"
Skipped
- verb - bound off one point after another
- bypass; "He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible"
- cause to skip over a surface; "Skip a stone across the pond"
- intentionally fail to attend; "cut class"
- jump lightly
- leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"
Skirled
- verb - make a shrill, wailing sound; "skirling bagpipes"
- play the bagpipes
Skirted
- verb - avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
- extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The forest surrounds my property"
- form the edge of
- pass around or about; move along the border; "The boat skirted the coast"
Skulked
- verb - avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill
- lie in wait, lie in ambush, behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
- move stealthily; "The lonely man skulks down the main street all day"
Skulled
- unknown - Boat propelled by oars
Slabbed
- unknown - paved with flagstones
Slacked
- verb - avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
- be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention"
- become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"
- become slow or slower; "Production slowed"
- cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime"
- make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"
- make less active or intense
- release tension on; "slack the rope"