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nickel and dime
Overview of verb nickel-and-dime
The verb nickel-and-dime has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime -- (spend money frugally; spend as little as possible)
2. nickel-and-dime -- (accumulate gradually; "she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family")
Overview of adj nickel-and-dime
The adj nickel-and-dime has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. nickel-and-dime, small-time -- (of minor importance; "a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single rented room"; "a small-time actor")
2. nickel-and-dime -- (low-paying; "a nickel-and-dime job")
Antonyms of verb nickel-and-dime
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb nickel-and-dime
2 senses of nickel-and-dime
Sense 1
penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime
=> spend, expend, drop
=> pay
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 2
nickel-and-dime
=> scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up
=> roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard
=> store, hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away
=> keep, hold on
=> have, have got, hold
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb nickel-and-dime
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb nickel-and-dime
2 senses of nickel-and-dime
Sense 1
penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime
=> spend, expend, drop
Sense 2
nickel-and-dime
=> scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up
'Cause To' of verb nickel-and-dime
Derived Forms of verb nickel-and-dime
Domain of verb nickel-and-dime
Domain Terms of verb nickel-and-dime
Familiarity of verb nickel-and-dime
nickel-and-dime used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb nickel-and-dime
2 senses of nickel-and-dime
Sense 1
penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 2
nickel-and-dime
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb nickel-and-dime
2 senses of nickel-and-dime
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
Sense 2
nickel-and-dime
> scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up
=> nickel-and-dime
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb nickel-and-dime
Sense 1
penny-pinch, nickel-and-dime
=> spend, expend, drop
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Sense 2
nickel-and-dime
=> scrape, scrape up, scratch, come up
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Grep of verb nickel-and-dime
nickel-and-dime
Antonyms of adj nickel-and-dime
2 senses of nickel-and-dime
Sense 1
nickel-and-dime, small-time
INDIRECT (VIA unimportant) -> important, of import
Sense 2
nickel-and-dime(prenominal)
INDIRECT (VIA cheap) -> expensive
Similarity of adj nickel-and-dime
2 senses of nickel-and-dime
Sense 1
nickel-and-dime, small-time
=> unimportant (vs. important)
Sense 2
nickel-and-dime(prenominal)
=> cheap (vs. expensive), inexpensive
Pertainyms of adj nickel-and-dime
Attributes of adj nickel-and-dime
Domain of adj nickel-and-dime
Domain Terms of adj nickel-and-dime
Familiarity of adj nickel-and-dime
nickel-and-dime used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj nickel-and-dime
nickel-and-dime
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