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Dictionary: cheap   (chēp) pronunciation
 
adj., cheap·er, cheap·est.
    1. Relatively low in cost; inexpensive or comparatively inexpensive.
    2. Charging low prices: a cheap restaurant.
    1. Obtainable at a low rate of interest. Used especially of money.
    2. Devalued, as in buying power: cheap dollars.
  1. Achieved with little effort: a cheap victory; cheap laughs.
  2. Of or considered of small value: in wartime, when life was cheap.
  3. Of poor quality; inferior: a cheap toy.
  4. Worthy of no respect; vulgar or contemptible: a cheap gangster.
  5. Stingy; miserly.
adv., cheaper, cheapest.

Inexpensively: got the new car cheap.

idioms:

cheap at twice the price

  1. Extremely inexpensive.
on the cheap
  1. By inexpensive means; cheaply: traveled to Europe on the cheap.

[From Middle English (god) chep, (good) price, purchase, bargain, from Old English cēap, trade, from Latin caupō, shopkeeper.]

cheaply cheap'ly adv.
cheapness cheap'ness n.
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adj

Definition: inexpensive
Antonyms: costly, dear, expensive

adj

Definition: inferior, low in quality
Antonyms: excellent, noble, precious, priceless, superior, valuable, worthy

adj

Definition: low, vulgar
Antonyms: sophisticated, superior, upper


 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: adj. - Relatively low in price or charging low prices. adj. - Embarrassingly stingy; Of very poor quality; Tastelessly showy.

pronunciation Education is the cheap defense of nations. — Edmund Burke 

Tutor's tip: A "cheep" is a birdlike sound or peep, while something that is "cheap" is something of inferior quality or low cost.

 
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - billig
adv. - billigt

idioms:

  • cheap shot    billig bemærkning

Nederlands (Dutch)
goedkoop, voordelig, vulgair

Français (French)
adj. - (Écon) bon marché, de mauvaise qualité (péj), de pacotille, facile, sale (coup, menteur)
adv. - au rabais, y aller à l'économie (péj)

idioms:

  • cheap shot    coup bas

Deutsch (German)
adj. - billig, schäbig
adv. - billig

idioms:

  • cheap shot    gemeine Bemerkung

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - φτηνός, οικονομικός, παρακατιανός, φτηνιάρικος, ευτελής, ποταπός, πρόστυχος

idioms:

  • cheap shot    (καθομ.) άνανδρο πλήγμα, φτηνό πείραγμα

Italiano (Italian)
a buon mercato, volgare, grossolano

idioms:

  • cheap shot    battuta grossolana, colpo basso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - barato, vulgar, fácil

idioms:

  • cheap shot    tirar vantagem de uma fraqueza

Русский (Russian)
дешевый, никчемный, жадный

idioms:

  • cheap shot    беспричинное проявление грубости

Español (Spanish)
adj. - barato, económico, de mal gusto, cursi, vulgar
adv. - vulgarmente, económicamente

idioms:

  • cheap shot    golpe bajo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - billig, lättköpt

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
便宜的, 不值钱的, 便宜地, 卑鄙地

idioms:

  • cheap shot    偷偷摸摸的犯规动作, 暗算

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 便宜的, 不值錢的
adv. - 便宜地, 卑鄙地

idioms:

  • cheap shot    偷偷摸摸的犯規動作, 暗算

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 싼, 싸구려의, 풀이 죽은
adv. - 싸게

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 費用のかからない, 安い, 安価な, 安売りの, 購買力の低下した, 低金利の, けちな, 安っぽい, 容易に手に入る, 楽な
adv. - 安く, 安価に

idioms:

  • cheap shot    卑劣なプレー

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) رخيص, زهيد الثمن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮זול‬
adv. - ‮בזול‬


 
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