Scant

What do we mean by scant?

Barely sufficient. adjective

Falling short of a specific measure. adjective

Inadequately supplied; short. adjective

To give an inadequate portion or allowance to. transitive verb

To limit, as in amount or share; stint. transitive verb

To deal with or treat inadequately or neglectfully; slight. transitive verb

Scarcity; scantiness; lack. noun

To put on scant allowance; limit; stint: as, to scant one in provisions or necessaries.

To make small or scanty; diminish; cut short or down.

To be niggard or sparing of; begrudge; keep back.

Nautical, of the wind, to become less favorable; blow in such a direction as to hinder a vessel from continuing on her course even when close-hauled.

Short in quantity; scarcely sufficient; rather less than is wanted for the purpose; not enough; scanty: as, a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant piece of cloth for a garment.

Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

Having a limited or scanty supply; scarce; short: with of.

Nautical, of the wind, coming from a direction such that a ship will barely lie her course even when close-hauled.

Scarcely; hardly.

Scantily; sparingly.

To fail, or become less; to scantle. intransitive verb

To limit; to straiten; to treat illiberally; to stint. transitive verb

To cut short; to make small, narrow, or scanty; to curtail. transitive verb

Very little, very few.

Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager; not enough.

Sparing; parsimonious; chary.

The process of sneaking up behind somebody and pulling down their trousers. Urban Dictionary

A whore, a slut, a skank Urban Dictionary

Another word for broke or not having any money Urban Dictionary

1. A skank; bitch; ho 2. A boring woman; an older woman who drones on and on. Urban Dictionary

Tweek speed chrystal meth shit d dope crank Urban Dictionary

Underpants. Male or Female. Urban Dictionary

The act of pulling down someones trousers and or underwear. Urban Dictionary

Is short for a scandalous person. Urban Dictionary

Another word for scantless. Usually pronounced in spanish. Or when someone does you dirty. Urban Dictionary

Scant 1. Scant- Combination of "so can't" to add emphasis to something negative. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to scant:
scant, shant, cant, scan, scat, slant, scent, scart, secant, scatt, stant, scane, sant, scans, scand, suant, scana, scint, scanf, skant, scnt, scanz.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word scant:
consolation, cytoplasm, regard, courtesy, evidence, rainfall, attention, resemblance, vegetation, references, precipitation, reward, archaeological, handful, respect, details, lifted, occasional, traces, notice, suggest, mention, survive, resources, coverage, clothing, remains, exists, supplies, accounts, information, knowledge, indicates, sources, medieval.

Words that rhyme with scant:
plant, grant, cant, ant, rant, aunt, recant, supplant, implant, slant, levant, quant, chant, pant, enchant, transplant, decant, confidante, eggplant, gant, brant, kant, lant, tant, brandt, tante, yant, incant, rembrandt, stant, zante, fant, power plant, trant, sant, amazon ant, water plant, replant, rhubarb plant, dant, air plant, plante, oyster plant, fire ant, century plant, gantt, army ant, ulysses s grant, ice plant, gregorian chant, winter squash plant, white ant, fante, umbrella plant, resurrection plant, sensitive plant, manufacturing plant, pie plant, chinese silk plant, spider plant, land grant, rubber plant, spinach plant, pharaoh ant, snow plant, vascular plant, immanuel kant, dental implant, sweet corn plant, block grant, carpenter ant, desert plant, industrial plant, penile implant, pitcher plant, chinese lantern plant, icicle plant, little black ant, soybean plant, norplant, sweet pepper plant, breast implant, corneal transplant, driver ant, spanish oyster plant, tabasco plant, ulysses grant, cotton plant, common bean plant, compass plant, mistletoe rubber plant, anise plant, assembly plant, friendship plant, poisonous plant, roast beef plant, slave ant, bog plant, heating plant, herbaceous plant.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective scant:
attention, evidence, regard, respect, justice, information, courtesy, interest, years, knowledge, consideration, cytoplasm, resources, supply, sympathy, success, notice, support, data, ceremony, comfort, opportunity, mention, recognition, miles, hope, months, protection, feet, reference, room, inches, amount, minutes, hair, use, hours, measure, literature, material, remains, encouragement, yards, clothing, vegetation, resemblance, rainfall, means, rations, light, percent, space, food, weeks, cup, supplies, chance, consolation, treatment, population, records, patience, inch, record, coverage, concern, reason, mile, research, leisure, progress, mercy, praise, references, grass, allowance, enthusiasm, shade, details, appreciation, seconds, hour, help, reward, herbage, pages, fare, provision, cover, handful, opportunities.

Consonant match to scant:
skint.

Words that sound like scant:
scant, skant, skint, scanned, scand, scan, skinned, scat, sant, scans, scanty, scammed, skat, skan, scatt, sandt, scnt, askant, scanter, skatt, scana, scants, skin, sand, sent, scent, saint, cent, skinny, skate, scott, scout, scam, skit, skins, scone, skeet, scoot, scot, scanner, sint, scones, sket, scams, skein, schemed, skimmed, sketched, secant, skeen, scad, scut, scon, scate, cint, skene, sande, skite, cnt, skeins, skeat, skun, scient, sken, schoon, scutt, skut, scotched, skeete, skeens, scote, skout, skane, skanda, skon, scoon, schutte, skean, skain, skeena, skot, schuett, scoat, skanked, samt, scint, sindt, skone, skete, scama, scunny, skains, seint, scummed, scamped, sconced, skeine, cent-, ceint, skad.