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    [Adjective]  | "stin*gy" | \ ˈstin-jē \


    1: not generous or liberal : sparing or scant in using, giving, or spending

    2: meanly scanty or small


    Origin: 1659 ;

     Perhaps from English dialect *stinge, noun, sting; akin to Old English stingan to sting;

    [Noun]  | "stinginess" 


    1: the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money;


      * e.g., " ... refusing to tip poorly paid restaurant servers is a particularly petty form of stinginess "



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    [Adjective]  | "stingy" 


    1: giving or sharing as little as possible;


      * e.g., " ... until his redemption, Ebenezer Scrooge is the classic example of a very stingy, heartless miser "





    2: less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable;


      * e.g., " ... a stingy serving of mashed potatoes "





     [ "Stingy" ]

    1: Greedy, also the character from LazyTown

      * e.g.,  ... He is a very stingy person 

     [ "stingy" ]

    1: reluctant to part with or share cash, food, drink, or any other items. tightorcheap.

      * e.g.,  ... A: Buy me a pint please. 

     [ "Stingy" ]

    1: Having tight pockets; reluctant or unwilling to part with money or help someone else in any way; cheap; suffering from "Mr. Krabs syndrome;" doing any and everything possible to save money or get out of spending money; reluctant or unwilling to share ANYTHING with another person.

      * e.g.,  ... Carl: "Hey, bro, can you spare $5 for gas?" 

     [ "stingy" ]

    1: cheap, likes to save money; can be seen as being greedy because a person who is stingy will not spend or will spend little of their money on you

      * e.g.,  ... my boyfriend's stingy because i had to pay for dinner. 

     [ "Stingy" ]

    1: A selfish or greedy person.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: "Can I have a go on your Playstation?" 


     [ "Stingy" ]

    2: Somebody unwilling to share their possessions.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 2: "No, I'm playing it" 

     [ "stingy" ]

    1: An evil puppet who says that anything he own is not yours and that everything you own is also his.

      * e.g.,  ... Man, Stingy claimed my condom! 

     [ "stingy" ]

    1: greedy

     [ "Stingy" ]

    1: Ryan Josart

      * e.g.,  ... Why is Ryan so fucking stingy today 

     [ "Stingy" ]

    1:  a lazy town character, very an asshole.

      * e.g.,  ... e.g. This mailbox is mine, and this triagonal sign. 

     [ "stingy" ]

    1: Someone who won't spend money, or give you anything of his. My stingy ex boyfriend made me buy dinner every night for us and all his friends. I never got a sweatshirt, present or anything from him. My friends were mad, my parents were mad, and I was broke. Bad experience. Don't date someone who's stingy.

      * e.g.,  ... The one night I left quickly and didn't have time to pay for dinner, my ex-boyfriend, SAM L, left without paying. 

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