Shortening slalom, maybe naughty kid cut corners (5)
I believe the answer is:
skimp
'cut corners' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'shortening slalom maybe naughty kid' is the wordplay.
'shortening slalom maybe' becomes 'sk' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'naughty kid' becomes 'imp' (imp can mean a misbehaving child).
'sk'+'imp'='SKIMP'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for skimp that I've seen before include "Be sparing" , "Expend less in an attempt to economise" , "Act hastily" , "hasty" , "Subsist on very little" .)