"penny-pinching" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "etymology_text": "From pinchpenny",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more penny-pinching",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most penny-pinching",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "penny-pinching (comparative more penny-pinching, superlative most penny-pinching)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 July 14, Anthony Lambert, “Grand designs on superior interiors”, in SAIL, number 935, page 49",
          "text": "If there is an overall lesson, it is that train quality should be seen as part of the battle against climate change, with penny-pinching specifications robustly opposed as a false economy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "reluctant to spend money; close-fisted"
      ],
      "id": "en-penny-pinching-en-adj-jbdJSabP",
      "links": [
        [
          "reluctant",
          "reluctant"
        ],
        [
          "spend",
          "spend"
        ],
        [
          "money",
          "money"
        ],
        [
          "close-fisted",
          "close-fisted"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "reluctant to spend money",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "taccagno"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "reluctant to spend money",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "spilorcio"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prižímistyj",
          "sense": "reluctant to spend money",
          "word": "прижи́мистый"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pennypinching"
    }
  ],
  "word": "penny-pinching"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From pinchpenny",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "penny-pinchings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "penny-pinching (countable and uncountable, plural penny-pinchings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "reluctance to spend money; thrift or parsimony; extreme economy."
      ],
      "id": "en-penny-pinching-en-noun-W31gziWl",
      "links": [
        [
          "reluctance",
          "reluctance"
        ],
        [
          "thrift",
          "thrift"
        ],
        [
          "parsimony",
          "parsimony"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pinching pennies"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "reluctance to spend money",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "taccagneria"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "reluctance to spend money",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "spilorceria"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pennypinching"
    }
  ],
  "word": "penny-pinching"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pinchpenny",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more penny-pinching",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most penny-pinching",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "penny-pinching (comparative more penny-pinching, superlative most penny-pinching)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2021 July 14, Anthony Lambert, “Grand designs on superior interiors”, in SAIL, number 935, page 49",
          "text": "If there is an overall lesson, it is that train quality should be seen as part of the battle against climate change, with penny-pinching specifications robustly opposed as a false economy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "reluctant to spend money; close-fisted"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reluctant",
          "reluctant"
        ],
        [
          "spend",
          "spend"
        ],
        [
          "money",
          "money"
        ],
        [
          "close-fisted",
          "close-fisted"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "pennypinching"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "reluctant to spend money",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "taccagno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "reluctant to spend money",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spilorcio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prižímistyj",
      "sense": "reluctant to spend money",
      "word": "прижи́мистый"
    }
  ],
  "word": "penny-pinching"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From pinchpenny",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "penny-pinchings",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "penny-pinching (countable and uncountable, plural penny-pinchings)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "reluctance to spend money; thrift or parsimony; extreme economy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reluctance",
          "reluctance"
        ],
        [
          "thrift",
          "thrift"
        ],
        [
          "parsimony",
          "parsimony"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "pinching pennies"
    },
    {
      "word": "pennypinching"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "reluctance to spend money",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "taccagneria"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "reluctance to spend money",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spilorceria"
    }
  ],
  "word": "penny-pinching"
}