"cheapo" meaning in English

See cheapo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: En-au-cheapo.ogg [Australia] Forms: more cheapo [comparative], most cheapo [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːpəʊ Etymology: From cheap + -o (“person with characteristic”, colloquialising suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|cheap|-o<t:person with characteristic><pos:colloquialising suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} From cheap + -o (“person with characteristic”, colloquialising suffix). Head templates: {{en-adj}} cheapo (comparative more cheapo, superlative most cheapo)
  1. (slang) Inexpensive and of poor quality. Tags: slang
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Noun

Audio: En-au-cheapo.ogg [Australia] Forms: cheapos [plural]
Rhymes: -iːpəʊ Etymology: From cheap + -o (“person with characteristic”, colloquialising suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|cheap|-o<t:person with characteristic><pos:colloquialising suffix>|text=+|tree=1}} From cheap + -o (“person with characteristic”, colloquialising suffix). Head templates: {{en-noun}} cheapo (plural cheapos)
  1. (slang) A person who is stingy, a miser. Tags: slang
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  2. (slang) Something produced and sold for low cost. Tags: slang Synonyms: cheapie, tack, ticky-tack, cheapie, cheapo [slang], tack, tawdry [obsolete], ticky-tack
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  3. (chess) A primitive trap, often set in the hope of swindling a win or draw from a losing position.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: el cheapo

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