- tightwad tight·wad n Am
- ['taɪtˌwɒd]
fam pej tirchione (-a)
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
tightwad tight·wad n Am
Look at other dictionaries:
tight|wad — «TYT WOD», noun. Slang. a stingy person; skinflint: »I don t want to be a tightwad but after all, a dollar is a dollar (Sinclair Lewis). ╂[American English < tight + wad1 roll of money] … Useful english dictionary
tight·wad — /ˈtaıtˌwɑːd/ noun, pl wads [count] informal + disapproving : a person who does not like to spend or give money Her husband s such a tightwad that he never wants to go out to dinner … Useful english dictionary
tightwad — ☆ tightwad [tīt′wäd΄ ] n. [ TIGHT + WAD1] Slang a stingy person; miser … English World dictionary
tightwad — tight|wad [ taıt,wad ] noun count INFORMAL someone who always tries to avoid spending money … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tightwad — tight|wad [ˈtaıtwɔd US wa:d] n AmE informal someone who hates to spend or give money … Dictionary of contemporary English
tightwad — tight•wad [[t]ˈtaɪtˌwɒd[/t]] n. inf a stingy person • Etymology: 1895–1900, amer … From formal English to slang
tightwad — (n.) parsimonious person, 1900, from TIGHT (Cf. tight) in the sense of close fisted (1805) + WAD (Cf. wad) (n.). The notions of stringency and avarice also combine in Mod.Gk. sphiktos greedy, lit. tight … Etymology dictionary
