cheat

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /tʃiːt/

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Verb

Plain form cheat

Third-person singular cheats

Past tense cheated

Past participle cheated

Present participle cheating

1. (intransitive) To break the rules for your own gain.

   Don't play cards with her, she cheats.

2. (intransitive) To have a relationship with someone not one's spouse or partner or someone who is married to someone else.

   He is cheating on his wife with his secretary.

3. (transitive) To avoid something that seemed likely.

   To cheat death.

   To cheat fate.

Noun

Singular cheat

Plural cheats

1. Someone who cheats (informal: cheater).
2. A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
3. A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a computer game, often by entering a cheat code.

Related words and phrases

• cheat code
• cheater
• cheating
• cheat on
• windcheater