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- [durt cheep]
- /dɜrt tʃip/
- /dɜːt tʃiːp/
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- [durt cheep]
- /dɜrt tʃip/
Definitions of dirt-cheap word
- adjective dirt-cheap very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap. 1
- adverb dirt-cheap cheaply: They got it dirt-cheap. 1
- adjective dirt-cheap If you say that something is dirt-cheap, you are emphasizing that it is very cheap indeed. 0
- noun dirt-cheap extremely inexpensive 0
- adjective dirt-cheap at an extremely low price 0
- adjective dirt-cheap as cheap as dirt; very inexpensive(ly) 0
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Origin of dirt-cheap
First appearance:
before 1815 One of the 39% newest English words
First recorded in 1815-25
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Parts of speech for Dirt-cheap
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dirt-cheap popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Synonyms for dirt-cheap
adj dirt-cheap
- reasonable — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- low-cost — able to be purchased or acquired at relatively little cost: low-cost life insurance; low-cost housing.
- cheap — Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected.
- low-priced — selling at a low price; inexpensive; cheap.
- modest — having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
Antonyms for dirt-cheap
adj dirt-cheap
- high-priced — expensive; costly: a high-priced camera.
- unreasonable — not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person.
- costly — If you say that something is costly, you mean that it costs a lot of money, often more than you would want to pay.
- dear — You use dear to describe someone or something that you feel affection for.
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