cheapskate (noun)

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• cheapskate — ► NOUN informal ▪ a miserly person. ORIGIN from skate «a disreputable or contemptible person» …   English terms dictionary

• cheapskate — noun a) Someone who stingily avoids spending money. He is such a cheapskate, he found that jumper in a dustbin. b) By extension, someone who doesnt give freely. My mum is such a cheapskate that she didnt lend me money to go shopping. Syn: miser… …   Wiktionary

• cheapskate — noun informal A selfish or stingy person; a person who will not spend much. An insulting term. None of the girls like to go out on a date with him because he is a cheapskate …   Словарь американских идиом

• cheapskate — noun (C) informal someone who does not like spending money and does not care if they behave in an unreasonable way to avoid spending it: The cheapskate didn t even offer to pay for the cab …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• cheapskate — noun Date: 1896 a miserly or stingy person; especially one who tries to avoid paying a fair share of costs or expenses …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cheapskate — noun informal a miserly person. Origin C19 (orig. US): from cheap + skate3 …   English new terms dictionary

• cheapskate — UK [ˈtʃiːpˌskeɪt] / US [ˈtʃɪpˌskeɪt] noun [countable] Word forms cheapskate : singular cheapskate plural cheapskates informal someone who does not like to spend money …   English dictionary

• cheapskate — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. Sl. penny pincher, tightwad, miser, niggard, *nickel squeezer. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Slang. A stingy person: miser, niggard, Scrooge, skinflint. Informal: penny pincher. Slang: stiff, tightwad. See GIVE …   English dictionary for students

• cheapskate — cheap|skate [ tʃip,skeıt ] noun count INFORMAL someone who does not like to spend money …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• cheapskate — /ˈtʃipskeɪt/ (say cheepskayt) noun a stingy person. {cheap + skate3} …  

• piker — noun Etymology: pike to play cautiously, of unknown origin Date: circa 1889 1. one who gambles or speculates with small amounts of money 2. one who does things in a small way; also tightwad, cheapskate …   New Collegiate Dictionary