Collocations for "skinny"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "skinny" in context.
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skinny
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a skinny [boy, girl, woman, man, person, child, kid, individual]
- a [short, tall], skinny guy
- has skinny [arms, legs, shoulders]
- his skinny little [legs, body]
- a skinny little [kitten, puppy, rat]
- [very, really, worryingly, alarmingly] skinny
- is [becoming, getting] (too) skinny
- is as skinny as a [twig, rail]
- was skinny [as, when she was] a kid
- skinny people [on TV, in magazines, in movies]
- my skinny clothes
- [put on, wearing, in her] skinny [jeans, pants]
- [returned, made, produced] skinny profits
- [would, used to] go skinny dipping in [summer, the lake]
- UK: [order, drink] a skinny [latte, cappuccino]
- [leather, denim, black] skinnies
- a pair of old skinnies
- tried to squeeze into her skinnies
- fits into her skinnies again
- her [butt, fat] shows in those skinnies
- slang: what's the skinny on [her, the situation, the new product]?
'skinny' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):