cheater

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːtɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)
• Homophone: cheetah (non-rhotic)

Etymology 1

From cheat +‎ -er. The sense referring to welding hood lenses was inspired by cheaters (plural) as a pair of reading glasses.

Noun

cheater (plural cheaters)

2. Someone who cheats; something that cheats.

   Synonym: cheat (person)

   • 1990, Terry Griggs, Quickening, page 131:

     The Old Viper's an old cheater, an old hornswoggler.

   • 2020 May 6, Tom Warren, “The world’s biggest PC games are fighting a new surge of cheaters and hackers”, in The Verge:

     Wallhacks expose everyone on a map so cheaters get a huge advantage of knowing when you’re about to push a point or turn a corner.

   2. Synonym of adulterer.
4. Something that a person uses while cheating (i.e., either literally or figuratively cheating).

   Coordinate terms: cheat sheet, crib sheet

   2. An improvised breaker bar made from a length of pipe and a wrench (spanner), usually used to free screws, bolts, etc. that are difficult to remove with a ratchet or wrench alone.
   4. Any of various auxiliary lenses added to the visor of a welding hood to improve visibility, such as by providing refractive correction for presbyopia or providing magnification (e.g., 2×, 5×, 10×).

Derived terms

• cheater five
• cheater plug
• cheaters never prosper
• cheatery
• micro-cheater
• noncheater
• pinky cheater
• windcheater

Translations

someone who cheats — see also cheat,‎ adulterer

• Arabic:

  Moroccan Arabic: غشّاش m (ḡəššæš), غشّاشة f (ḡəššæša)

• Bulgarian: измамник (bg) m (izmamnik), моше́ник (bg) m (mošénik)
• Catalan: trampós (ca) m, tramposa (ca) f, trampista m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 騙子 / 骗子 (zh) (piànzi), 作弊者 (zuòbìzhě)

• Dutch: bedrieger (nl) m, valsspeler (nl) m
• Finnish: huijari (fi)
• French: menteur (fr), tricheur (fr) m, tricheuse (fr) f
• Georgian: მოღალატე (moɣalaṭe), გამყიდველი (gamq̇idveli)
• German: Betrüger (de) m, Schwindler (de) m
• Greek: απατεώνας (el) m (apateónas)

  Ancient Greek: ἀπατεών m (apateṓn)

• Hindi: छलिया (hi) m (chaliyā), ठग (hi) m (ṭhag)
• Hungarian: csaló (hu), szélhámos (hu)
• Irish: séitéir m, bithiúnach m, caimiléir m
• Italian: imbroglione (it) m, truffatore (it) m, pelagatti m
• Japanese: 詐欺師 (ja) (さぎし sagishi)
• Latin: fraudātor m
• Macedonian: измамник m (izmamnik), илеџија m (iledžija)
• Māori: kaipurei tāhae
• Norwegian: juksepave
• Polish: oszust (pl) m, oszustka (pl) f, zdrajca (pl) m, zdrajczyni (pl) f
• Portuguese: trapaceiro (pt), batoteiro (pt) m
• Russian: обма́нщик (ru) m (obmánščik), обма́нщица (ru) f (obmánščica), моше́нник (ru) f (mošénnik), моше́нница (ru) f (mošénnica)
• Sanskrit: धूर्त (sa) n (dhūrta)
• Spanish: tramposo (es) m, fullero (es) m, tahúr (es) m, jaranero (es) m
• Swedish: skojare (sv) c, fuskare (sv) c
• Ukrainian: шахра́й (šaxráj), обма́нщик (obmánščyk)
• Walloon: tructeu (wa) m, tructeuse f, frawtineu (wa) m, frawtineuse f

Etymology 2

From Middle English chetour, a variant of eschetour, from Old French eschetour, escheteur, equivalent to escheat +‎ -er.

Noun

cheater (plural cheaters)

1. (obsolete) An escheater.

See also

• cheaters (plurale tantum)

Anagrams

• hectare, rechate, recheat, reteach, teacher

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• xíter

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cheater.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.teʁ/ [ˈʃi.teh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.teʁ/ [ˈʃi.teh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.teɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.teʁ/ [ˈʃi.teχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.teɻ/

Noun

cheater m or f by sense (plural cheaters)

1. (video games) cheater (one who uses cheats in a video game)
   • 2013, Felipe Castilho, Ouro, Fogo e Megabytes, Gutenberg, →ISBN, page 80:

     Os mais radicais afirmavam que Esmagossauro era um cheater, que hackeava em benefício próprio e que não tinha mérito algum em ser líder do ranking.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)