Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cheap out

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.70 in modern English

Syllables: cheap- out
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To reduce costs on a project or product to an unreasonable degree; to cut corners.

Informal; Intransitive verb

verb

To act cheap; to unreasonably refuse to spend money.

Informal; Intransitive verb

verb

To be too stingy to achieve a purpose or provide a promised product/service/project.

Informal; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"That's not the kind of product you want to cheap out on."
"I could never marry someone who cheaps out like that."
"I was cheaped out of having a good vacation because the hotel's marketing misled me."

Usage

Inflected Forms

cheaps out (present, singular) cheaping out (participle, present) cheaped out (participle, past) cheaped out (past) cheapen out (alternative)

Questions

What does cheap out mean?: To reduce costs on a project or product to an unreasonable degree; to cut corners.

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