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piker

/pahy-ker/US // ˈpaɪ kər //UK // (ˈpaɪkə) //

步行者,徒步者,徒步旅行者,驴友

Related Words

deserter逃兵,逃亡者,逃跑者,开小差的人dropout辍学者,辍学,辍学人员,辍学学生goldbrick金砖,金磚,黄金砖,砖头wimp窝囊废,懦夫,懦弱,怂恿slacker懒人,懒惰者,懒惰的人,懒鬼shirker推销员,偷懒者,逃避责任者,逃避者goof-off偷懒,打混,偷懒的人,偷偷摸摸tightwad吝啬鬼,守财奴,小气鬼,贪婪者skinflint皮毛,皮尔逊,皮尔森,皮尔洛penny pincher吝啬鬼,小气鬼,抠门儿的人,抠门儿

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : a person who does anything in a contemptibly small or cheap way.
    • : a stingy, tight-fisted person; tightwad.
    • : a person who gambles, speculates, etc., in a small, cautious way.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inquitter
Synonyms
deserter逃兵,逃亡者,逃跑者,开小差的人dropout辍学者,辍学,辍学人员,辍学学生goldbrick金砖,金磚,黄金砖,砖头goof-off偷懒,打混,偷懒的人,偷偷摸摸shirker推销员,偷懒者,逃避责任者,逃避者slacker懒人,懒惰者,懒惰的人,懒鬼wimp窝囊废,懦夫,懦弱,怂恿goldbricker金砖,金砖国家,金砖国家领导人,金砖国家队
as incheapskate
Synonyms
scrooge守财奴,守旧派,吝啬鬼skinflint皮毛,皮尔逊,皮尔森,皮尔洛tightwad吝啬鬼,守财奴,小气鬼,贪婪者penny pincher吝啬鬼,小气鬼,抠门儿的人,抠门儿

Examples

  • Siebold, who really was no piker, was slipping on his gloves and having them laced up.

  • There never was a piker in the Cottle family, was there, Wes?

  • The fat man got mad, the piker, and knocked me as flat as a pancake!

  • The old piker is trying to figure, with silver as low as it is, whether he's ahead or behind on the deal!

  • He ain't none of your piker kind that runs past a drug store like the soda-fountain was after him.

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