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cheapo

cheapo adjective: inexpensive and of poor quality.

Adjective

cheapo (comparative more cheapo, superlative most cheapo)

  1. (slang) Inexpensive and of poor quality.
    • They wanted crystal champagne glasses for the party but the caterers provided cheapo plastic cups instead.

Noun

cheapo (plural cheapos)

  1. (slang) A person who is stingy, a miser.
  2. (slang) Something produced and sold for low cost.
    • The better half's Lupo was transformed when the cheap and nasty Nankang ditchfinders came off (and they were well above the legal limit) and mid-price Kumhos went on. The cheapos compromise on grip and can become noisy.2012 February 26, Chris Bartram, “Re: tyres”, in uk.rec.driving (Usenet)
  3. A primitive trap, often set in the hope of swindling a win or draw from a losing position.

Synonyms of cheapo

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Forms of cheapo

Adjective
comparativemore cheapo
superlativemost cheapo
Noun
pluralcheapos

Origin of cheapo

From cheap + -o (“person with characteristic”, colloquialising suffix).

Questions about cheapo

What does cheapo mean?
Cheapo means inexpensive and of poor quality.
What part of speech is cheapo?
Cheapo can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near cheapo in the dictionary

  1. cheapjacks
  2. cheaplier
  3. cheaply
  4. cheapness
  5. cheapnesses
  6. cheapo
  7. cheapoid
  8. cheapos
  9. cheapquel
  10. cheapquels
  11. cheaps

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