noun (informal)
1 [usuallysing.] something that is not worth what you pay for it:
$70 for a T-shirt! What a rip-off!
2 ~ (of sth) a copy of sth, especially one that is less expensive or not as good as the original thing:
The single is a rip-off of a 70s hit. * a stall selling designer rip-offs
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for rip-off is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does rip-off appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — rip-off appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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