Definition of CHEAPO

cheapo

Plural: cheapos

Adj

  • Inexpensive and of poor quality.

Noun

  • A person or thing considered to be cheap or of poor quality.
  • A person who is stingy, a miser.
  • Something produced and sold for low cost.
  • A primitive trap, often set in the hope of swindling a win or draw from a losing position.

Examples

  • He was called a CHEAPO for always playing short, low-scoring words.
  • They wanted crystal champagne glasses for the party but the caterers provided cheapo plastic cups instead.

Origin / Etymology

From cheap + -o (“person with characteristic”, colloquialising suffix).

Scrabble Score: 13

cheapo: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
cheapo: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cheapo: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

cheapo: valid Words With Friends Word