Definition: stingy

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

stingy
     adj 1: not generous; "she practices economy without being stingy";
            "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds" [syn:
             ungenerous] [ant: generous]
     2: selfishly unwilling to share with others [syn: ungenerous]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Stingy \Sting"y\, a.
   Stinging; able to sting.
Stingy \Stin"gy\, a. [Compar. Stingier; superl. Stingiest.]
   [Probably from sting, and meaning originally, stinging;
   hence, biting, nipping (of the wind), churlish, avaricious;
   or cf. E. skinch.]
   Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly;
   miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.

         A stingy, narrow-hearted fellow that had a deal of
         choice fruit, had not the heart to touch it till it
         began to be rotten.                      --L'estrange.