Reverse Dictionary: STINGY

ADJECTIVES
1225 NARROW sparing, close, parsimonious, mean, stingy → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1492 NIGGARDOUS niggardly, parsimonious, stingy → obs.
1542 — NIGGISH niggardly, miserly, stingy, mean, parsimonious → obs.
1552 DRY miserly, stingy; reserved, uncommunicative → obs. 
1590 PENURIOUS extremely stingy; miserly
..L16 HIDEBOUND stingy, niggardly, mean → obs.
1600 STRAIT-HANDED close-fisted, parsimonious, niggardly, grasping, stingy → obs.
1604 DRY-FISTED niggardly, miserly, stingy → obs. 
1616 HEART-BOUND having the heart shut up or fast-closed to a person; pitiless, hard-hearted, mean, stingy → obs.
1616 NEAR niggardly, miserly, stingy, parsimonious, frugal, mean, greedy, covetous 
1644 CLUNCH-FISTED close-fisted, niggardly, covetous, stingy→ obs. exc. Eng. dial.
.M17 CLOSE stingy, niggardly, grudging any expense
1691 YARE covetous, stingy → Eng. dial.
1693 SCRAPE-GOOD miserly, stingy, avaricious → obs.
..18C SNIPPY parsimonious, stingy → UK 
1700 NARROW-SOULED mean, stingy → N. Eng. dial.
..19C BORN WITH THE CRAMP IN ONE’S FIST naturally stingy → Eng. dial.
..19C SCRIMMETY mean, stingy, niggardly → Eng. dial.
1805 TIGHT parsimonious; tight-fisted; stingy → sl. 
1808 NEETIE → NEETY → NITTIE stingy, niggardly → Sc. 
1812 SAVE-ALL parsimonious, stingy, miserly
1820 NEAR-SIGHTED stingy, frugal, parsimonious → Amer. dial.
1826 IRON-FISTED close-fisted, niggardly, covetous, miserly, stingy, mean
1833 SKINNY mean, miserly, niggardly, stingy
1851 SCABBY dirty, shabby; worthless; mean, stingy; contemptible → Eng. dial.
1851 SCALY miserly, stingy, mean; thievish, dishonest, tricky → Eng. dial.
1853 MISERABLE miserly, stingy; greedy, covetous → Eng. dial.  
1855 HUNGRY stingy, mean → Aust. sl.
1861 NABAL surly; ill-natured; stingy; miserly; churlish; narrow-minded → chiefly Sc.
1863 CHEESY low-grade, inferior, worthless; cheap, stingy → Amer.
1866 SKINCHING stingy, frugal, niggardly → Amer. dial.
1866 SKINCHY-SCRIMPLY stingy, frugal, niggardly → Amer. dial.
1881 GAIN cheap, at a low price, inexpensive; of persons: stingy → Eng. dial.
1881 SCRAWBY mean, stingy, niggardly → Eng. dial.
1881 SCROBY mean, stingy, niggardly → Eng. dial.
1889 SCRIMMET stingy → Sc.
1892 NITTIE miserly, stingy, niggardly → Sc.
1898 AIM mean, stingy, ‘near’ → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1899 CHINCHY stingy, miserly, niggardly, penurious → Amer. dial.
1899 NIRPID miserly, stingy → Sc. 
..20C SCALDY stingy → Irish sl.
1900 ETTLE stingy, grasping → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — GNIB stingy, mean; ill-tempered, curt in manner → Sc. (Bk.)
1902 CHINTZY miserly, stingy
1902 NIGH formerly careful; now (contemptuously) stingy; close-fisted → colloq. (Bk.)
1903 NARROW-GUTTED stingy, mean, ungenerous → Amer. dial.
1904 RHINY miserly, close-fisted; too stingy to be clean → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 SCHINCHING niggardly, parsimonious, stingy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 SCRIMITY mean, stingy, niggardly → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 SCRINCHY stingy, illiberal → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 HARD-BACKED miserly, stingy, noted for driving hard bargains → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 NARROW-HARSED narrow-minded; mean, stingy, barely honest → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 NARROW-NEBBED stingy, cunning → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 SNITCHY mean, stingy → Amer. dial. 
1908 NABER scant, stingy, giving short measure → Sc. obs.
1909 NARROW-CONTRACTED narrow-minded; stingy, mean, ungenerous → Amer. dial.
1909 TIGHT AS DICK’S HATBAND very stingy → Amer. dial.
1911 MINGY mean, stingy, niggardly; disappointingly or ungenerously small → colloq.
1913 CROPIN’ stingy, niggardly, mean → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1913 HAGGERSHANK stingy, mean → Sc. obs.
1913 SNUG stingy → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1930 CUBBIDGE → CUBBITCH miserly, stingy, tight-fisted → African-American
1932 SCOTCH stingy, frugal, mean, greedy in money matters → Amer. dial.
1940 CHINCY → CHINSY miserly, stingy → Amer. sl.
1942 SKINCHY stingy, frugal, niggardly → Amer. dial.
1943 SCRIMY stingy, miserly, niggardly → Amer. dial.
1950 TIGHT AS KELSEY’S NUTS very parsimonious; stingy → US sl. 
1950 TIGHT AS O’REILLY’S BALLS → TIGHT AS REILLY’S BALLS  very parsimonious; stingy → US sl. 
1959 MINGY-MINDED mean, stingy, niggardly, miserly → colloq.
1960 SNOEP mean, greedy, selfish, stingy → S. Afr.
1963 CHINTZ miserly, stingy → Amer. sl.
1965 SCOTCHY stingy, frugal, mean, greedy in money matters → Amer. dial.
1965 SCOTTISH stingy, frugal, mean, greedy in money matters → Amer. dial.
1966 MANINI small, inferior; stingy → Hawaii
1966 PINCHY stingy, niggardly → Amer. dial.
1967 BEGGARLY stingy → Amer. dial.
1967 SHORT stingy, niggardly; cheap → Amer. dial.
1968 CHAUNCHY stingy → Amer. dial.
1968 DOGGISH greedy, stingy → Amer. dial. 
1969 SKINCY stingy, frugal, niggardly → Amer. dial.
1970 DINGY stingy; without money → US sl. (Bk.)
1985 PROGGY very frugal, stingy → Amer. dial.


NOUNS
1591 NEARNESS a parsimonious habit → colloq.
1599 EUCLIONISM stinginess, miserliness → obs.
1908 NIRT stinginess, niggardliness → Sc. 


NOUNS, PERSON
1300 CHINCH a miserly or mean person; a stingy person
1508 NAGAS a term of abuse for a greedy, stingy person; a miserly person → Sc.
1545 SNUDGE a mean, avaricious person; a niggard, a miser, a stingy person; an intrusive, sponging fellow → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1584 SCRAPE-PENNY one who gathers and hoards money in trifling sums; an avaricious or penurious person; a miserly, stingy person; a niggard → obs.
1592 PINCH-FART a miserly or stingy person; a niggard → obs.
1602 HUNKS a surly, cross-grained old person; a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser; a miserable, niggardly old person; a covetous, sordid man
1604 DRY-FIST a miserly, niggardly, stingy or parsimonious person → obs.
1700 HOG-GRUBBER a mean, stingy, sneaking fellow; a close-fisted fellow; a miser, a niggard → obs.
1703 SNICKET a miser, a stingy, saving person → Eng. dial. obs.
1785 SAVE-ALL a niggardly, stingy, miserly person
1822 PINCH-COMMONS one who stints the supply of food for himself or others; a parsimonious or stingy person; a miser, a niggard
1823 SCALY a shabby, mean fellow; a stingy fellow → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1842 — HUNKSTER a surly, crusty, cross-grained old person; later, a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser
1859 PIKER orig. a cautious or timid gambler who makes only small bets; one who plays for small stakes; hence, a person who takes no chances; a cowardly or stingy person; a shirker → colloq., orig. US, derogatory
1876 DICK SMITH a lone drinker, a drink taken alone; one who does not buy drinks for others, or who depends on others to buy them; a stingy or solitary person → . Amer. dial.
1880 CHEAP JOHN a person dealing in inferior or cheap goods; hence, one who does things in a gaudy, niggardly, or inferior style; a stingy or niggardly person → Amer. dial.
1896 CHEAPSKATE a miserly person; a stingy person → US
1899 CHEAP-SCREW a stingy, miserly person; a penurious person; a skinflint; one who makes a sharp bargain → Amer. dial.
1899 GREEDYGUT a miser, a stingy person, a greedy, selfish, or covetous person → Amer. dial.
1899 SCREW a stingy, miserly person; a penurious person; a skinflint; one who makes a sharp bargain → Amer. dial.
..20C OLD GOAT an elderly person disliked for being pompous, stingy, mean, stubborn, unsympathetic to younger people or the like → US colloq.
1900 SHEENY a contemptible person; a stingy person → Amer. dial.
1901 CRAPPER a wealthy but stingy man → Amer. dial.
1904 KIKE a Jew, esp. one considered greedy, miserly, stingy, dishonest, untrustworthy, or shrewd; hence, any person thought to have such characteristics → Amer. dial., derogatory
1905 SNITCH a mean or stingy person → Amer. dial. 
1905 WINNER-NEB a spare, thin-faced person with a sharp nose; a stingy, parsimonious person → Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
1909 SHORT JOHN a niggardly, miserly, or stingy person; one who does things in a cheap style → Amer. dial.
1913 GEEZER a stingy man → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1914 CRAB a grouchy, stingy person → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1919 CHEAP-MITT a cheapskate; a stingy person → US students’ sl.
1920 PENNY PINCHER a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person
1939 MINGY a mean, stingy, niggardly person → colloq.
1942 BOG-POCKET a stingy person → US sl. (Bk.)
1942 GRAB-ALL a stingy, selfish, or greedy person → Amer. dial.
1942 GRABBER a stingy, selfish, or greedy person → Amer. sl.
1942 GREEDYGUTS a miser, a stingy person, a greedy, selfish, or covetous person → Amer. dial. 
1942 NURSE a stingy person → US sl. (Bk.)
1949 CHINCE a stingy or miserly person → Amer. sl.
1951 PIG a miser, a stingy or greedy person → Amer. dial.
1953 SHORT SKATE a cheapskate, a stingy person → Amer. sl.
1954 GRAB-ASS a stingy, selfish, or greedy person → Amer. dial.
1965 BIG PIG a person who saves in a mean way or is greedy in money matters; a stingy person → Amer. dial.
1965 SCOTCH a stingy person; one who is greedy in money matters → Amer. dial.
1967 SKINNER a stingy person; one who is greedy in money manners → Amer. dial.
1968 ABIE a stingy person → Amer. dial.
1968 CHINTZER a stingy person → Amer. dial.
1968 GRAB a stingy, selfish, or greedy person → Amer. dial.
1968 GRABENHEIMER a stingy, selfish, or greedy person → Amer. dial.
1970 CHEAPWAD a cheapskate, a stingy person → Amer. dial.
1987 SCAB a stingy person; a miser → Aust. sl. 
1989 CHINTZ a stingy or miserly person → Amer. sl.


VERBS
1540 SNUDGE to be miserly, stingy, or saving → obs.
1757 NIP to be stingy, to practise parsimony → Sc. 
1803 SKIN A LOUSE to go to great lengths to save money; to be avaricious, mean, or stingy → Amer. dial.
1819 SKIN A FLEA FOR ITS HIDE AND TALLOW to go to great lengths to save money; to be avaricious, mean, niggardly, or stingy → Amer. dial.
1843 ETTLE to plan, to arrange for, to contrive to the greatest advantage; to deal out in small quantities, to use sparingly and stingily → Eng. dial.
1851 SKIN A FLEA FOR ITS HIDE to go to great lengths to save money; to be avaricious, mean, or stingy
1902 NOT TO PART WITH THE REEK OF ONE’S KALE to be very stingy and niggardly → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 HAVE ONE’S HAND ON ONE’S HALFPENNY to be mean, stingy; to look after one’s own interests → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 KEEP ONE’S HAND ON ONE’S HALFPENNY to be mean, stingy; to look after one’s own interests → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1909 SHORT SKATE to act like a cheapskate, to be stingy → Amer. dial.
1927 CHEW ONE’S TOBACCO TWICE to be stingy → Amer. dial.
1965 SKIN A GNAT FOR A PENNY to go to great lengths to save money; to be avaricious, mean, or stingy → Amer. dial.
1965 SKIN A LOUSE FOR A CENT to go to great lengths to save money; to be avaricious, mean, or stingy → Amer. dial.
1965 SKIN A LOUSE FOR HIS HIDE AND TALLOW to go to great lengths to save money; to be avaricious, mean, or stingy → Amer. dial.
1965 SKIN A LOUSE FOR HIS HIDE to go to great lengths to save money; to be avaricious, mean, or stingy → Amer. dial.
1965 SKIN A LOUSE FOR TALLOW to go to great lengths to save money; to be avaricious, mean, or stingy → Amer. dial.
1999 SCOTCH to act in a frugal or stingy way → Amer. dial.