cheat
IPA: tʃˈit
noun
- An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception.
- Someone who cheats.
- The weed cheatgrass.
- (card games) A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
- (video games) A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.
- (obsolete) A sort of low-quality bread.
verb
- (intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
- (intransitive) To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner; to commit adultery, or to engage in sexual or romantic conduct with a person other than one's partner in contravention of the rules of society or agreement in the relationship.
- (transitive) To avoid a seemingly inevitable thing.
- (transitive) To deceive; to fool; to trick.
- (informal, intransitive) To disregard self-imposed restrictions or commitments in favour of resting or indulging oneself.
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Examples of "cheat" in Sentences
- She cheated and lied barefaced.
- China is cheating in the Olympics.
- They are cheating outside the game.
- The Devil cheats and wins the game.
- It is the fault of the children who cheat.
- They also lied and cheated and committed perjury.
- Cheating as a function of the labeling of natural arousal.
- The infobox and the lead are the cheat sheet for the article.
- If the extent of the cheating is severe, the player will be banned.
- It depends on the cost of cheating compared with the cost of not cheating.