cheapo

adj

Etymology

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

  1. derived from caupō
  2. inherited from *kaupōną
  3. inherited from *kaupōn
  4. inherited from ċēapian — “to buy, bargain, trade
  5. inherited from chepen
  6. inherited from *kaup
  7. inherited from cēap — “trade, market, value
  8. inherited from chep
  9. suffixed as cheapo — “cheap + o

Definitions

  1. Inexpensive and of poor quality.

    • They wanted crystal champagne glasses for the party but the caterers provided cheapo plastic cups instead.
  2. A person who is stingy, a miser.

  3. 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.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A primitive trap, often set in the hope of swindling a win or draw from a losing position.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cheapo. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA