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How to pronounce cheapskate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms tightwad
Type of miser

Examples of cheapskate

cheapskate
Seems like a cheapskate alternative to buying a touch-screen white board to me.
From the techcrunch.com
Even the cheapskate strategy of buying a paper-thin presence is being closed off.
From the economist.com
We spend less than 2K in total for our wedding and it is not a cheapskate either.
From the guardian.co.uk
On the whole, the cabin is well trimmed and a far cry from the cheapskate Insight.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Being a cheapskate won't get you a second date, but it could cost you your vision.
From the ocregister.com
He'll still be able to walk into any cheapskate convention with his head held high.
From the kansas.com
Being a cheapskate, I had no idea what that meant, but it sounded really expensive.
From the post-gazette.com
Some enterprising bloke has a cheapskate alternative for you, the Likea MPH.
From the techcrunch.com
They are a cheapskate operation who exorted Bright House to pay them a re-trans fee.
From the orlandosentinel.com
More examples
  • A miserly person
  • A miser, cheapskate, curmudgeon, niggard, penny pincher, piker, scrooge, skinflint or tightwad is a person who is reluctant to spend money, sometimes to the point of forgoing even basic comforts and some necessities. ...
  • Cheapskate is a US-only single from Britpop band Supergrass' second album In It For The Money that rose to #35 for four weeks on the US Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart . ...
  • "Cheapskate (You Ain't Gettin' Nada)" was the first single released from the Sporty Thievz debut album, Street Cinema. ...
  • (Cheapskates) Give 'Em Enough Rope is the second studio album by the English punk rock band The Clash. It was released on 10 November 1978 through CBS Records. It was their first album released in the United States, preceding the US version of The Clash. ...
  • Someone who stingily avoids spending money; By extension, someone who doesn't give freely
  • A person who copies cheap plans and uses them without paying the designer. Hey they're less than the cost of a family Pizza and you wouldn't steal one of those would you?
  • Skateboard for a budgie