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cheapass

cheapass adjective: cheap, stingy; unwilling to spend money.

Adjective

cheapass (comparative more cheapass, superlative most cheapass)

  1. (Canada, US, slang) Cheap, stingy; unwilling to spend money.

Noun

cheapass (plural cheapasses)

  1. (Canada, US, slang) A stingy person; a cheapskate.

Forms of cheapass

Adjective
comparativemore cheapass
superlativemost cheapass
Noun
pluralcheapasses

Origin of cheapass

From cheap + -ass.

Questions about cheapass

What does cheapass mean?
Cheapass means cheap, stingy; unwilling to spend money.
What part of speech is cheapass?
Cheapass can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near cheapass in the dictionary

  1. cheap-shots
  2. cheap-shotted
  3. cheap-shotting
  4. cheap-skate
  5. cheap-skates
  6. cheapass
  7. cheapasses
  8. cheapdate
  9. cheaped
  10. cheaped out
  11. cheapen

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