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garish
English
Etymology
Of unknown origin, possibly from obsolete Middle English gawren (“to stare”) which is of uncertain origin, probably from Old Norse gá (“to watch, heed”) or gaurr (“rough fellow”) (Proto-Indo-European *g?ow-rós, from *g?ew- (“to be angry”)). Compare with English gaw.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???????/
Adjective
garish (comparative more garish, superlative most garish)
- Overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste. [from 1540s]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gaudy
Derived terms
- garishly
- garishness
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Harigs, girahs, girsha
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cheap
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /t??ip/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ch?p, IPA(key): /t??i?p/
- Rhymes: -i?p
- Homophone: cheep
Alternative forms
- chap, chop (dialectal)
Etymology
From Middle English cheep, chepe/chepen, chep, cheap/cheapien, chapien, from Old English c?ap (“cattle, purchase, sale”), ??apian (“to bargain, chaffer, trade”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaup (“trade, purchase”), *kaup?n (“to buy, trade”), from Proto-Germanic *kaup?n?, *kaupijan? (“to buy, trade”), *kaupô (“inn-keeper, merchant”), from Latin caup? (“tradesman, innkeeper”). See also chapman.
Noun
cheap (countable and uncountable, plural cheaps)
- (obsolete) Trade; traffic; chaffer; chaffering.
- (obsolete) A market; marketplace.
- Price.
- (obsolete) A low price; a bargain.
- Cheapness; lowness of price; abundance of supply. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Adjective
cheap (comparative cheaper, superlative cheapest)
- Low and/or reduced in price.
- Where there are many sellers and few purchases, land will be cheap.
- Of poor quality.
- Of little worth.
- (slang, of an action or tactic in a game of skill) Underhand or unfair.
- the cheap trick of hiding deadly lava under pushable blocks
- (informal, chiefly derogatory) Stingy; mean; excessively frugal.
- (finance) Trading at a price level which is low relative to historical trends, a similar asset, or (for derivatives) a theoretical value.
- The ETF is trading cheap to NAV right now; we can arb this by buying the ETF and selling the underlying constituents.
Synonyms
- (low/reduced in price): bargain, inexpensive, frugal, no-frills, priced-off
- (of poor quality): flimsy
Antonyms
- (low or reduced in price): dear, expensive, high-priced, pricey
- (of low value): precious, valuable
- (financial markets): rich
Related terms
See also
- Appendix:Fighting Game Terms
Translations
Verb
cheap (third-person singular simple present cheaps, present participle cheaping, simple past and past participle cheaped)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To trade; traffic; bargain; chaffer; ask the price of goods; cheapen goods.
- (transitive, obsolete) To bargain for; chaffer for; ask the price of; offer a price for; cheapen.
- (transitive, obsolete) To buy; purchase.
- (transitive, obsolete) To sell.
Derived terms
- cheap out
Usage notes
Use of cheap as a verb has been surpassed by cheapen.
Adverb
cheap (comparative more cheap, superlative most cheap)
- Cheaply.
- March 24 1658, John Milton, letter to Emeric Bigot
- I need not request you to purchase them as cheap as possible
- March 24 1658, John Milton, letter to Emeric Bigot
Anagrams
- Peach, Pecha, chape, chapé, peach
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /çap?/
Noun
cheap m
- Lenited form of ceap.
Verb
cheap
- past indicative analytic of ceap
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