Cash-grabby

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a cash grab. informal

    "Then there was the more obviously cash-grabby variety: the effective remake, which simply took everything that worked before and did it over — perhaps with the same characters (Jaws 2), perhaps with new ones (Beyond The Poseidon Adventure)."

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"Then there was the more obviously cash-grabby variety: the effective remake, which simply took everything that worked before and did it over — perhaps with the same characters (Jaws 2), perhaps with new ones (Beyond The Poseidon Adventure)."

Etymology

From cash grab + -y.

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