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adjective (skinnier, skinniest)
1(of a person or part of their body) very thin:his skinny arms
2(of an article of clothing) tight-fitting:a skinny black dress (of a pair of pants, especially jeans) tight-fitting and with very narrow legs: in the winter I live in skinny jeans and boots
3 informal (of coffee) made with skimmed or semi-skimmed milk:one skinny latte to go, please
noun
(plural skinnies) informal 2 (
skinnies)
a pair of skinny pants, especially jeans: if you’re tired of squeezing into your skinnies, bell-bottoms and flares are back in fashion
3 (
the skinny)
US confidential information on a particular person or topic:the inside skinny is that he didn’t know the deal was in the works