extend and retract

describes a situation when someone back out of something out of stinginess and got away with not having to even spend a penny

(adjective) old-fashioned; conservative; introverted; reticent

compress

Compressed air

(adj.) to describe someone who is not willing to spend money;a cheapskate; to be tight with money; stingy

(adjective) stealthy; furtive; surreptitiously; sneaky;timid; ill at ease; hesitant; indecisive; curled up (due to coldness)

the act of being secretive in doing something; being excessively cautious

shrink

concentrate

(verb) Cringe

wrinkle

cut back (on food and clothing)

Retracted

thumbnail

hide in the corner

curl up (spoken)

hide in the corner

abbreviation

(verb) Zoom out

microcosm

get the fuck off me; get the fuck out of here [colloquial]

stingy and scheming selfishly; petty shrewdness; bean counter

time-lapse photography

shrinkage

(slang) to get cold feet; to renege; (of something) to chicken out; to give up

reduction

to chicken out; to go back on one's word [colloquial]

reduce on costs or expenditure (spoken)

(verb) Shorten