Scrimp

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A pinching miser; a niggard. [U.S.]

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Short; scanty; curtailed.