Cheapjack — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a peddler of inferior goods

cheap and shoddy; - Judith Crist

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹɪptˈɑːmɪɾɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɜːkəmvˌaleɪtɪd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɜːkəmvˌaleɪtɪd/

2 syllables Say it as /kɹɪptˈɑːmɪɾɚ/.

Examples

cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

tawdry shoddy

Parts of Speech

noun	a peddler of inferior goods
adjective	cheap and shoddy; - Judith Crist “cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob”

Word Forms

shoddiness	noun	the quality of being cheaply imitative of something better
tawdriness	noun	tasteless showiness

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Geizhals

ein Händler minderwertiger Waren

🇫🇷French

bon marché

un colporteur de biens de qualité inférieure

🇪🇸Spanish

tacaño

un vendedor ambulante de bienes inferiores

🇳🇱Dutch

goedkope jack

een verkoper van inferieure goederen

🇵🇹Portuguese

barato

um mascate de bens inferiores

🇷🇺Russian

скряга

торговец некачественными товарами

India

🇮🇳Hindi

चीपजैक

घटिया सामान बेचने वाला

🇧🇩Bengali

সস্তা জ্যাক

নিম্নমানের পণ্যের একজন ব্যবসায়ী

🇮🇳Tamil

சீப்ஜாக்

தரக்குறைவான பொருட்களை விற்பவர்

🇮🇳Telugu

చౌక జాక్

నాసిరకం సరుకుల వ్యాపారి

🇮🇳Marathi

स्वस्त जॅक

निकृष्ट मालाची विक्री करणारा

🇮🇳Gujarati

સસ્તા જેક

હલકી ગુણવત્તાવાળા માલનો વેપારી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಗ್ಗದ ಜಾಕ್

ಕೆಳದರ್ಜೆಯ ಸರಕುಗಳ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിലകുറഞ്ഞ ജാക്ക്

നിലവാരമില്ലാത്ത സാധനങ്ങളുടെ കച്ചവടക്കാരൻ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਸਤੇ ਜੈਕ

ਘਟੀਆ ਮਾਲ ਦਾ ਇੱਕ ਵਪਾਰੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

سستا جیک

کمتر سامان کا خریدار

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

小气鬼

兜售劣质商品的小贩

🇯🇵Japanese

チープジャック

粗悪品の行商人

🇰🇷Korean

싸구려

불량품 행상인

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đồ rẻ tiền

người bán hàng kém chất lượng

🇹🇭Thai

แจ็คราคาถูก

คนเร่ขายของด้อยคุณภาพ

🇮🇩Indonesian

murah

penjual barang-barang inferior

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

رخيص

بائع متجول للسلع الرديئة

🇮🇷Persian

ارزان جک

یک دستفروش کالاهای بی ارزش

🇹🇷Turkish

Ucuzcu

kalitesiz malların seyyar satıcısı

🇮🇱Hebrew

זול ג'ק

רוכל של סחורות נחותות

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