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penny pinch
Overview of verb penny-pinch
The verb penny-pinch has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime -- (spend money frugally; spend as little as possible)
Grep of noun penny-pinch
penny-pinching
Antonyms of verb penny-pinch
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb penny-pinch
1 sense of penny-pinch
Sense 1
penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime
=> spend, expend, drop
=> pay
=> give
=> transfer
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb penny-pinch
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb penny-pinch
1 sense of penny-pinch
Sense 1
penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime
=> spend, expend, drop
'Cause To' of verb penny-pinch
Derived Forms of verb penny-pinch
Domain of verb penny-pinch
Domain Terms of verb penny-pinch
Familiarity of verb penny-pinch
penny-pinch used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb penny-pinch
1 sense of penny-pinch
Sense 1
penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb penny-pinch
1 sense of penny-pinch
Sense 1
penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime
> spend, expend, drop
=> consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
=> consume, squander, waste, ware
=> afford
=> blow
=> wanton, wanton away, trifle away
=> underspend
=> misspend
=> penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime
=> invest, put, commit, place
=> save, economize, economise
=> lay out
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb penny-pinch
Sense 1
penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime
=> spend, expend, drop
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Grep of verb penny-pinch
penny-pinch
Grep of adj penny-pinch
penny-pinching
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