penny-pinch penny pies • penny pincher · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · penny-pinch · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 11 · · Length 3 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (verb) spend money frugally; spend as little as possible. Synonyms: nickel-and-dime. · · Verb Definition 1 Synonyms · · · nickel-and-dime · · Synonym 1 Characters · · - hyphen-minus U+002D c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 h latin small letter h U+0068 i latin small letter i U+0069 n latin small letter n U+006E p latin small letter p U+0070 y latin small letter y U+0079