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| 1. | [ adjective ] relatively low in price or charging low prices | |
| Synonyms: | inexpensive | |
| Examples: | "it would have been cheap at twice the price" "inexpensive family restaurants" |
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| Related terms: | expensive low-cost bargain-priced bargain-priced low-budget sixpenny dirt_cheap nickel-and-dime sixpenny catchpenny bargain | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] tastelessly showy | |
| Synonyms: | flashy tawdry loud gaudy garish tatty meretricious tacky flash trashy gimcrack brassy | |
| Examples: | "a flash car" "a flashy ring" "garish colors" "a gaudy costume" "loud sport shirts" "a meretricious yet stylish book" "tawdry ornaments" |
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| Related terms: | tasteless | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (informal) of very poor quality | |
| Synonyms: | crummy cheesy chintzy punk sleazy tinny bum | |
| Related terms: | colloquialism inferior | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] embarrassingly stingy | |
| Synonyms: | chintzy chinchy | |
| Related terms: | stingy | |
| Similar spelling: |
chap cheep Chapa chop chip chapeau Chupp chufa chive chief chaff chafe choppy chaffy Chieffo Chaffee |
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