Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Slang A stingy person; a miser.
Wiktionary
- n. Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
- n. By extension, someone who doesn't give freely.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a miserly person
Etymologies
- cheap + skate (fellow) (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Being a cheapskate is no crime but lying to congress is, a big “if” if he did.”
“Well, how did your boss like being called a cheapskate?”
“But be forewarned: If there's anything worse than being called a cheapskate by a significant other, it's being called a thoughtless cheapskate.”
“The cheapskate is a Jakun and known to abuse staff discounted tickets to regularly bring his whole family for holidays during his business trips.”
“Besides, what Christian wants to be known as a cheapskate?”
“You said that complaining of "cheapskate" boyfriends or husbands is common.”
“But it's a tad worrisome to a father who considers the epithet "cheapskate" to be praise.”
The Wall Street Journal: We Don't Buy Stuff. Except When We Do.
“I should not have said that the Most Wonderful Daughter in the Whole World was a 'cheapskate' because she is 'so not'!”
“Do I seem like the kind of cheapskate who would buy fakes when I can afford the real thing?”
“They’re often for things like mills or even worse for no-name cheapskate site owners whose referrals would mean little to nothing in higher paying markets.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘cheapskate’.
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Mirrored Vowels
Rules:
• The word must have an even number of vowels.
• There must be four or more vowels; thus, at minimum, an A-A-A-A or A-B-B-A pattern.
• The vowels must appear in a mir...feminine, solicitor, caruncular, repackager, semiprimes, fetishises, decomposer, demonlover, recomposer, sepultures, lipotropic, colesterol and 385 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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Gapeseeds and Muckworms - Compound De...
A list of compound derogatory names such as gapeseed, muckworm and lickspittle. Your one-word contributions to this list are welcome.
See sionnach's list derogatory terms I should use ...gapeseed, muckworm, lickspittle, makeweight, bootlicker, backscratcher, apple-polisher, backslapper, brownnoser, rakeshame, yesman, freeloader and 293 more...
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WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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My Little Phonies
Names for the next generation of My Little Ponies. Inspired by Star's list.
juggernaught, flamboyant, cuddly maggot, astrobleme, agroof, windburn, poshlost, crucifer, feedbag, dunderwhelp, nebelwerfer, bliss ninny and 453 more...
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You ate what?
habituate, eventuate, accentuate, effectuate, perpetuate, exsanguinate, insinuate, evaluate, fluctuate, adequate, menstruate, disambiguate and 21 more...
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that's just beastly!
cat-o-nine-tails, snake in the grass, puppy love, white elephant, crocodile tears, monkey business, keep the wolf fro..., culture vulture, black sheep of th..., scapegoat, ugly duckling, swan song and 260 more...
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curligirli0's Words
crapulous, swish, shiatsu, zen, xenoglossy, nincompoop, loquacious, pianissimo, onomatopoeia, imperturbable, silky, hosanas and 379 more...
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Shabdkosh
Word of the day
petrichor, guile, supercilious, hebetude, avarice, hegemony, construe, vet, tangible, coerce, convivial, dogmatic and 13 more...
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thou varlet!
insults that roll trippingly off the tongue
varlet, addlepated, knucklehead, schmuck, ignoramus, bedlamite, nincompoop, nitwit, knave, bungler, blockhead, galoot and 91 more...
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jabberwordie
elby-bone, nerble, chickenbutt, luff, ya-cha-cha-cha, yanno, prolly, embiggen, vittles, hoobedoo, thing-a-ma-jig, sticky bun and 77 more...
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MEC2 Lesson 127
trial, trainee, overqualified, hold, murder, orient, underhanded, disgusting, uncomfortable, flash, Johnny Carson, authorize and 22 more...
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June1stYR
dodgy, sketchy, shady, slight, queue, clue, vie, flogging, invoke, domineering, cheap skate, cheapskate and 11 more...
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Weekly list
spendthrift, cheapskate, tightwad, generous, stingy, frugal, thrifty, saddle, slope, litter, snore, postpone and 3 more...
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Oh My
Words people have used to describe me.
rotten, fussbudget, howard hughes, hermit, opinionated, cocky, white michael jac..., nincompoop, shit, sadist, luddite, weirdy and 3 more...
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pinkpop268's list
Welcome to my list!! These will be words that sound strange, look strange, or have strange meanings. Enjoy, i guess.
arachibutyrophobia, friggatriskaideka..., chloroform, cheapskate, faux fur, vaseline, petroleum, pseudonym, arachnid, cabin fever, paradise, perfectionist
Tweets
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davidhull6 I believe the skate part of this comes from the same root as scat, so a cheapskate is a cheap shit. Other books have presented different roots. Jul 3, 2009