Meanings
comparative more dirt cheap · superlative most dirt cheap · alternative dirt-cheap
- informalVery cheap; easily affordable.
Plus there were so many people wanting to move to the countryside that the little places which were dirt cheap suddenly became not dirt cheap.
2023, Flossie Caerwynt, Migration, Community and Identity
comparative more dirt cheap · superlative most dirt cheap · alternative dirt-cheap
- informalVery cheaply; at an easily affordable price.
Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap.
1976, AC/DC, “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap”
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivevery cheap
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 平到爛 /平到烂
- 平到爛 /平到烂 (peng⁴ dou³ laan⁶)easily affordable
Dutch spotgoedkoop
- spotgoedkoopeasily affordable
Finnish sikahalpa
- sikahalpaeasily affordable
German spottbillig
- spottbilligeasily affordable
Hungarian potom olcsó
- potom olcsóeasily affordable
Icelandic hræódýr
- hræódýreasily affordable
Irish an-saor, ar shladmhargadh
- an-saoreasily affordable
- ar shladmhargadheasily affordable
Italian regalato
- regalatoeasily affordable
Polish tani jak barszcz
- tani jak barszczeasily affordable
Russian за бесце́нок, по дешёвке
- за бесце́нок (za bescénok)easily affordable
- по дешёвке (po dešóvke)easily affordable
- копе́ечный (kopéječnyj)easily affordable
- грошо́вый (grošóvyj)easily affordable
Spanish tirado de precio
- tirado de precioeasily affordable
Swedish skitbillig
- skitbilligeasily affordable
Vietnamese rẻ mạt, giá tụt quần
- rẻ mạteasily affordable
- giá tụt quầneasily affordable
Cite this entry
dirt cheap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dirt%20cheap
“dirt cheap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dirt%20cheap. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dirt cheap,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dirt%20cheap.
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