Synonym: light, scant, short, skimp, stint. Similar words: scan, scare, scared, scandal, scale, scary, fiscal, scatter. Meaning: [skænt] 
v. 1. work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially 2. limit in quality or quantity 3. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities. adj. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so.
v. 1. work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially 2. limit in quality or quantity 3. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities. adj. less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so. 121. The expeditions were often out of meat, and scant of clothes.
122. The haiku a poem of just 17 syllables, for example, makes scant sense as standalone verse.