cheapie

American  

[chee-pee] / ˈtʃi pi /

Or cheapy

noun

1. a cheaply made, often inferior, product.

   The movie studio made a dozen cheapies last year.

2. any item that is inexpensive as compared with others of its kind.

   All brands of margarine taste alike to me, so I buy a cheapie.

3. a stingy or miserly person.

   That cheapie wouldn't buy anyone a gift!

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adjective

1. of, being, or pertaining to a cheap or inferior product.

   cheapie shoes.

2. stingy; miserly.

Etymology

Origin of cheapie

First recorded in 1940–45; cheap + -ie

Example Sentences

And when it comes to shoes off in the house, “Maybe have cheapie pairs of socks on hand, or let them know your expectations in advance.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2022

The Peel call was a cheapie — admittedly invented out of nowhere.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2021

This Disney video cheapie weds the durable high-school-musical template with rapping, dancing and appetite-suppressed zombies who just want to fit in with the pastel people.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2018

The $5m cheapie now sits with $35m in ten days.

From Forbes • Nov. 2, 2014

The back half collapses first, a cheapie addition that's fifty years younger than the rest of the place.

From Shadow of the Mothaship by Doctorow, Cory