skimp – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of skimp

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to skimp
Participle: skimped
Gerund: skimping

Cognates

See the 7 cognates of skimp

Indicative

Present

Iskimp
youskimp
he;she;itskimps
weskimp
youskimp
theyskimp

Perfect

Ihave skimped
youhave skimped
he;she;ithas skimped
wehave skimped
youhave skimped
theyhave skimped

Past

Iskimped
youskimped
he;she;itskimped
weskimped
youskimped
theyskimped

Pluperfect

Ihad skimped
youhad skimped
he;she;ithad skimped
wehad skimped
youhad skimped
theyhad skimped

Future

Iwill skimp
youwill skimp
he;she;itwill skimp
wewill skimp
youwill skimp
theywill skimp

Future Perfect

Iwill have skimped
youwill have skimped
he;she;itwill have skimped
wewill have skimped
youwill have skimped
theywill have skimped

Subjunctive

Present

Iskimp
youskimp
he;she;itskimp
weskimp
youskimp
theyskimp

Perfect

Ihave skimped
youhave skimped
he;she;ithave skimped
wehave skimped
youhave skimped
theyhave skimped

Imperfect

Iskimped
youskimped
he;she;itskimped
weskimped
youskimped
theyskimped

Pluperfect

Ihad skimped
youhad skimped
he;she;ithad skimped
wehad skimped
youhad skimped
theyhad skimped

Conditional

Present

Iwould skimp
youwould skimp
he;she;itwould skimp
wewould skimp
youwould skimp
theywould skimp

Perfect

Iwould have skimped
youwould have skimped
he;she;itwould have skimped
wewould have skimped
youwould have skimped
theywould have skimped

Imperative

youskimp
weLet's skimp
youskimp

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam skimping
youare skimping
he;she;itis skimping
weare skimping
youare skimping
theyare skimping

Perfect

Ihave been skimping
youhave been skimping
he;she;ithas been skimping
wehave been skimping
youhave been skimping
theyhave been skimping

Past

Iwas skimping
youwere skimping
he;she;itwas skimping
wewere skimping
youwere skimping
theywere skimping

Pluperfect

Ihad been skimping
youhad been skimping
he;she;ithad been skimping
wehad been skimping
youhad been skimping
theyhad been skimping

Future

Iwill be skimping
youwill be skimping
he;she;itwill be skimping
wewill be skimping
youwill be skimping
theywill be skimping

Future Perfect

Iwill have been skimping
youwill have been skimping
he;she;itwill have been skimping
wewill have been skimping
youwill have been skimping
theywill have been skimping

Conditional

Present

Iwould be skimping
youwould be skimping
he;she;itwould be skimping
wewould be skimping
youwould be skimping
theywould be skimping

Perfect

Iwould have been skimping
youwould have been skimping
he;she;itwould have been skimping
wewould have been skimping
youwould have been skimping
theywould have been skimping

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'skimp'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'skimp'

simp, skim, skip, skrimp, blimp, chimp, crimp, flimp, gimp, imp,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Perhaps of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skimpijaną (“to skip, dance, gesture, mock”). Cognate with Icelandic skimpa (“to scoff at, scorn”), dialectal Swedish skimpa (“to skip, dance”), Faroese skumpa (“to shove, bump”), German schimpfen (“to grumble, scold”), Dutch schimpen (“to mock, make fun of, scold”). Possibly distantly related to change. See: Proto-Germanic '*skimpijaną', Icelandic 'skimpa', Swedish 'skimpa', Faroese 'skumpa', German, old spelling 'schimpfen', Dutch 'schimpen'.

Verbs referencing "skimp"

German, old spelling schimpfen.

Sample Sentences

  • I thought Adie was only skimpin' me.