cheap
Not costing much money.
Costing a small amount of money compared to similar things.
Badly made or not good in quality.
Of poor quality or not well made, often because it was made to be inexpensive.
Not wanting to spend money.
Unwilling to spend money; stingy.
Not showing good taste or respect; low moral standards.
Showing a lack of moral integrity, taste, or respectability; vulgar or tawdry.
- Base: cheap
- Comparative: cheaper
- Superlative: cheapest
as cheap as chips
1Very inexpensive (UK)
Very inexpensive; costing very little money (used in British English).
- These sandwiches are as cheap as chips at that cafe.
- Clothes there are as cheap as chips.
cheap shot
1Unfair remark or attack
An unkind or unfair comment or action, often made when the other person cannot defend themselves.
- That comment about his family was a cheap shot.
- Criticizing her for that mistake was a cheap shot.
come cheap
1Be obtained for little cost or effort
To be available for little money or with little effort.
- Good quality doesn't come cheap.
- Friendship like that doesn't come cheap.
on the cheap
1At low cost
Doing something while spending very little money.
- They traveled through Europe on the cheap.
- We managed to renovate the kitchen on the cheap.
dirt cheap
1Extremely inexpensive
Very, very cheap; costing almost nothing.
- These tickets were dirt cheap!
- The old car was dirt cheap but worked fine.
dirt cheap
2extremely cheap in price
Very, very cheap; costing almost nothing.
- These tickets were dirt cheap, so I bought four of them.
- The hotel was dirt cheap, but it was clean and safe.
- You can get fresh fruit dirt cheap at the market near closing time.