Lean stresses lack of fat and of curving contours. Skinny adjective (food and drink) low in fat See examples of skinny used in a sentence. The meaning associated with lack of fat or muscle possibly derives from the phrase skin and bones The meaning associated with nudity refers to the exposed skin. That'll be two skinny lattes, please.
Definition of skinny adjective in oxford advanced learner's dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more. Some health experts worry when someone is called skinny because it may show a lack of strength Statistics indicate that only 10% of people are extremely skinny. (of an object) narrow or slender Here's the skinny on the latest hollywood scandal.
Give me the inside/straight/real skinny.
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