cheapskate

[ cheep-skeyt ]
/ ˈtʃipˌskeɪt /
Informal.

noun

a person who is stingy and miserly.

verb (used without object), cheap·skat·ed, cheap·skat·ing.

to act in a stingy or miserly way.

Origin of cheapskate

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; cheap + skate3

Words nearby cheapskate

British Dictionary definitions for cheap skate

cheapskate
/ (ˈtʃiːpˌskeɪt) /

noun

informal a miserly person

Idioms and Phrases with cheap skate

cheap skate

A stingy person, as in He's a real cheap skate when it comes to tipping. This idiom combines cheap (for “penurious”) with the slang usage of skate for a contemptible or low individual. It has largely replaced the earlier cheap John. [Slang; late 1800s]