单词 | cheap shot |
释义 | cheap shotSEE SYNONYMS FOR cheap shot ON THESAURUS.COM nouna covert, unsportsmanlike, and illegal act of deliberate roughness, especially in football, often calculated to injure an opponent. any mean or unsportsmanlike remark or action, especially one directed at a defenseless or vulnerable person. Words nearby cheap shotcheapen, cheapie, cheap-jack, cheapo, cheap out, cheap shot, Cheapside, cheapskate, cheapy, cheat, cheat day Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Idioms and Phrases with cheap shotcheap shot An unfair or unsporting verbal attack, as in You called him an amateur? That's really taking a cheap shot. The term originated in sports, especially American football, where it signifies deliberate roughness against an unprepared opponent. [Slang; second half of 1900s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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