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cheap
[ cheep ]
adjective
- costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive:
a cheap dress.
Antonyms: , ,
- costing little labor or trouble:
yvlogs are cheap.
- charging low prices:
a very cheap store.
- of little account; of small value; mean; shoddy:
cheap conduct; cheap workmanship.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- embarrassed; sheepish:
He felt cheap about his mistake.
- obtainable at a low rate of interest:
when money is cheap.
- of decreased value or purchasing power, as currency depreciated due to inflation.
- stingy; miserly:
He's too cheap to buy his own brother a cup of coffee.
Antonyms: ,
adverb
- at a low price; at small cost:
He is willing to sell cheap.
cheap
/ ʃː /
adjective
- costing relatively little; inexpensive; good value
- charging low prices
a cheap hairdresser
- of poor quality; shoddy
cheap and nasty
cheap furniture
- worth relatively little
promises are cheap
- not worthy of respect; vulgar
- ashamed; embarrassed
to feel cheap
- stingy; miserly
- informal.mean; despicable
a cheap liar
- cheap as chipsSee chip
- dirt cheap informal.extremely inexpensive
noun
- on the cheap informal.at a low cost
adverb
- at very little cost
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adverb
- ˈԱ, noun
- ˈ辱, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- i adjective
- i·ly adverb
- l adverb
- n noun
- v· adjective
- over·l adverb
- over·n noun
- un·l adverb
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of cheap1
Idioms and Phrases
- cheap at twice the price, exceedingly inexpensive:
I found this old chair for eight dollars—it would be cheap at twice the price.
- on the cheap, Informal. inexpensively; economically:
She enjoys traveling on the cheap.
More idioms and phrases containing cheap
- dirt cheap
- on the cheap
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
For some time developers have got round that by monetising transactions in games and relying more on cheaper digital downloads.
Lawyers say they expect more to come forward driven by the boom in cheap genetic testing and ancestry websites.
Amid the ensuing gore, played for cheap chuckles, Ridley is splashed with the unicorn’s purple blood, which clears up her acne and gives Elliot perfect eyesight.
Rather than feeling fearful about the US tariff, Robinsons Brothers reckons it may help the West Bromwich-based organic chemicals firm wrestle back American customers from cheaper overseas rivals.
Among them was 5 Star Bar, an authentic dive bar that served cheap beer, grilled simple, tasty burgers and hosted live music.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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