Meaning

2 senses
  1. Someone who stingily avoids spending money.

    He is such a cheapskate, he found that jumper in a dustbin.

  2. (broadly)Someone who does not give freely.

    My mum is such a cheapskate that she didn't lend me money to go shopping.

    жа́динаžádina, жмотžmot

More definitions
  • a miserly person

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Nobody considers Tom a cheapskate.

    Ніхто не вважає Тома скнарою. — deniko

    ruНикто не считает Тома скрягой. — odexed

  2. He's a cheapskate.

    Він скнара. — deniko

    ruОн скряга. — marafon

  3. You're such a cheapskate.

    Ти такий скнара. — deniko

    ruТы такой крохобор. — marafon

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  4. Tom is a cheapskate.

    ruТом жадина. — odexed

  5. Don't be a cheapskate.

    ruНе будь крохобором. — shanghainese

    deSei kein Geizhals! — brauchinet

Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
someone who doesn't give freely:

Origin

From cheap + skite (“contemptible person”). Compare blatherskite.

From cheap + skite (“contemptible person”). Compare blatherskite.

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