cheat

English

Etymology

Aphetic form of escheat (“the reversion of property to the state if there are no legal claimants”), from Old French

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -iːt

Verb

cheat (third-person singular simple present cheats, present participle cheating, simple past and past participle cheated)

1. (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.

   My brother flunked biology because he cheated on his mid-term.

2. (intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.
3. (transitive) To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.

   To cheat death.

   To cheat fate.

Synonyms

• break the rules

Translations

violate rules to gain advantage

Arabic: غش (ar) (ghashsha) Bulgarian: измамвам (bg), изигравам (bg) Catalan: trampejar (ca), mentir (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 行騙 (cmn), 行骗 (cmn) (xíngpiàn), 作弊 (cmn) (zuòbì) Czech: podvádět (cs) Danish: snyde (da), svindle (da), bedrage (da) Dutch: vals spelen Finnish: huijata (fi) French: tricher (fr) German: schwindeln (de), schummeln (de) Hebrew: רימה (he) Hungarian: csal (hu) Icelandic: svindla (is)

Italian: fregare (it) Japanese: 騙す (ja) (damasu), まやかす (ja) (mayakasu), 偽る (ja) (itsuwaru) Luxembourgish: fuddelen (lb) Macedonian: мами (mk) (mámi), илеџи (mk) (íledži) Norwegian: jukse (no), fuske (no) Polish: oszukiwać (pl) Portuguese: trapacear (pt) Russian: мошенничать (ru) (mošénničat') impf., смошенничать (ru) (smošénničat') pf.; мухлевать (ru) (muxlevát') impf., смухлевать (ru) (smuxlevát') pf.; обманывать (ru) (obmányvat') impf., обмануть (ru) (obmanút') pf.; обдуривать (ru) (obdúrivat') impf., обдурить (ru) (obdurít') pf.; надувать (ru) (naduvát') impf., надуть (ru) (nadút') pf. Spanish: hacer trampa Swedish: fuska (sv), svindla (sv), bedra (sv), lura (sv), fiffla (sv)

being unfaithful

Catalan: enganyar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 不忠 (cmn) (bùzhōng) Czech: podvádět, to be nevěrný m. Danish: være utro (da), bedrage (da) Dutch: vreemdgaan (nl) Finnish: pettää (fi) French: tromper (fr) German: die Ehe brechen (de), betrügen (de) Hebrew: בגד (he)

Hungarian: megcsal (hu) Icelandic: halda framhjá (is) Japanese: (妻を欺いて) 不倫をする (ja) (ふりんをする, furin-o suru) Macedonian: мами (mk) (mámi) Norwegian: være utro (no), bedra (no) Polish: zdradzać (pl) Portuguese: trair (pt) Russian: изменять (ru) (izmenját') impf., изменить (ru) (izmenít') pf. Spanish: engañar (es) Swedish: vara otrogen (sv), bedra (sv)

manage to avoid something

Catalan: enganyar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 逃避 (cmn) (táobì) Danish: undgå (da) Finnish: välttää (fi), huijata (fi)

German: austricksen (de) Norwegian: unngå (no), snyte (no), lure (no) Portuguese: enganar (pt) Russian: обманывать (ru) (obmányvat') impf., обмануть (ru) (obmanút') pf. Swedish: undgå (sv), lura (sv)

Noun

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.

Translations

someone who is dishonest or cheats

Bulgarian: измамник (bg) m. Catalan: trampós (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 騙子 (cmn), 骗子 (cmn) (piànzi), 作弊者 (cmn) (zuòbìzhě) Finnish: huijari (fi) French: menteur (fr)

Hungarian: csaló (hu), szélhámos (hu) Macedonian: измамник (mk) (ízmamnik) m., илеџија (mk) (ilédžija) m. Norwegian: juksepave (no) Polish: oszust (pl) m., oszustka (pl) f., zdrajca (pl) m., zdrajczyni (pl) f. Russian: обманщик (ru) (obmánš'ik), мошенник (ru) (mošénnik) Spanish: tramposo (es) Swedish: skojare (sv) c., fuskare (sv) c.

card game

Finnish: fusku (fi) French: menteur (fr) Russian: верю-не-верю (ru) (v'ér'u-n'e-v'ér'u)

Spanish: mentiroso (es) Swedish: bluffstopp (sv)

unfair advantage in a computer game

Bulgarian: измама (bg) f. Catalan: truc (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 作弊碼 (cmn), 作弊码 (cmn) (kòutzuòbìmǎóu), 秘籍 (cmn) (mìjí) Finnish: huijaus (fi) German: Cheat (de) Hungarian: csalás (hu)

Icelandic: svindl (is) n. Japanese: チート (ja) (chīto) Macedonian: шифра (mk) (šífra) f. Polish: cheat (pl) m., czit (pl) m., kod (pl) m. Russian: чит (ru) (čit) m. Spanish: truco (es) Swedish: fusk (sv) n.

Synonyms

• (card game) bullshit, BS, I doubt it

Derived terms

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

See also

• Wikipedia article on cheat, the card game

Anagrams

• tache
• teach, Teach
• theca