nickeling-and-diming

  • 1nickeling-and-diming — nickel and dime ick el and dime , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {nickel and dimed} or {nickeled and dimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {nickel and diming} or {nickeling and diming}.] 1. To harass or annoy with petty demands or for trivial reasons; specifically, to… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2nickel-and-diming — nickel and dime ick el and dime , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {nickel and dimed} or {nickeled and dimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {nickel and diming} or {nickeling and diming}.] 1. To harass or annoy with petty demands or for trivial reasons; specifically, to… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3nickel-and-dime — ☆ nickel and dime [nik′əl ən dīm′ ] Informal adj. 1. costing or spending little; cheap 2. of little value or importance; minor; petty vt. nickel (or nickeled )and dimed or nickel and dimed or nickeled and dimed, nickel (or nickeling )and diming… …

    English World dictionary

  • 4nickel-and-dime — ick el and dime , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {nickel and dimed} or {nickeled and dimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {nickel and diming} or {nickeling and diming}.] 1. To harass or annoy with petty demands or for trivial reasons; specifically, to insist on minor… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5nickel-and-dimed — nickel and dime ick el and dime , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {nickel and dimed} or {nickeled and dimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {nickel and diming} or {nickeling and diming}.] 1. To harass or annoy with petty demands or for trivial reasons; specifically, to… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6nickeled-and-dimed — nickel and dime ick el and dime , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {nickel and dimed} or {nickeled and dimed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {nickel and diming} or {nickeling and diming}.] 1. To harass or annoy with petty demands or for trivial reasons; specifically, to… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 7nickel-and-dime — /nik euhl euhn duym /, adj., v., nickel and dimed or nickeled and dimed, nickel and diming or nickeling and diming. Informal. adj. 1. of little or no importance; trivial; petty: a nickel and dime business that soon folded. v.t. 2. to expose to… …

    Universalium

  • 8nickel-and-dime — I. adjective Date: 1941 1. involving or offering only a small amount of money 2. small time II. transitive verb (nickeled and dimed or nickel and dimed; nickeling and diming or nickel and diming) Date: 1961 …

    New Collegiate Dictionary