cheapskate
English
noun
Definitions
- Someone who stingily avoids spending money.
- (by extension) Someone who does not give freely.
Etymology
Affix from English cheap (purchase, market, business) + English skate (contemptible person).
Origin
English
skate
Gloss
contemptible person
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Skategate English
- cheap English
- cheapass English
- cheapen English
- cheapie English
- cheapish English
- cheapjack English
- cheaply English
- cheapness English
- cheapo English
- cheapoid English
- cheapshit English
- cheapstead English
- cheapster English
- clap skate English
- fanskate English
- outskate English
- overskate English
- skate English
- skate-around English
- skateability English
- skateable English
- skateathon English
- skateboard English
- skatecore English
- skatefish English
- skateless English
- skatelike English
- skatemobile English
- skatepark English
- skatepunk English
- skater English
- skateshop English
- skateway English
- skatewear English
- speedskate English
- supercheap English
- ultracheap English
- wakeskate English
- Skate German
- skateare Italian
- schaats Dutch, Flemish
- skate Dutch, Flemish
- skaten Dutch, Flemish
- kjip Norwegian Bokmål
- skøyte Norwegian Bokmål
- skate Portuguese
- スケート Japanese
- チープ Japanese
- kjip Norwegian Nynorsk
- cheep Middle English
- skøjte Danish
- สเกต Thai
- chipa Ido
- sgeatadh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- 스께또 Korean
- 스케이트 Korean
- 스케트 Korean
- iċep Maltese
- -chipa, chipa Shona
- chipa Shona
- cheap
- skate
- cheapo
- skater
- cheapen
- cheaply
- cheapie
- outskate
- fanskate
- cheapass
- skateway
- cheapish
- cheapoid
- cheapster
- overskate
- skatepunk
- skatelike
- Skategate
- skateable
- skatepark
- cheapjack
- skatecore
- skatewear
- skatefish
- skateless
- cheapness
- cheapshit
- wakeskate
- skateshop
- ultracheap
- supercheap
- clap skate
- skateboard
- speedskate
- cheapstead
- skateathon
- skatemobile
- skateability
- skate-around