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cheat

verb
/ˈt͡ʃiːt/

Etymology

Verb from Middle English achetan, variant of escheten, from Old French escheat, past participle of escheoir, escheoiter, from Late Latin *excadēre (“fall away, fall out”), from (Latin) ex- + cadere (“fall”). Displaced native Old English beswīcan. Noun from verb and/or Middle English chete, aphetic form of achete, escheat, eschete (“the reversion of property to the state”), from Anglo-Norman eschete and Old French eschet, escheit, escheoit (“that which falls to one”), past participle of escheoir (“to fall”) (modern French échoir), from Late Latin *excadēre (“fall away, fall out”), from (Latin) ex- + cadere (“fall”). Doublet of escheat.

  1. derived from eschet
  2. derived from eschete
  3. derived from chete
  4. derived from *excadēre✻
  5. derived from escheat
  6. derived from achetan

Definitions

  1. To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.

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

  2. To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner

    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.

    • My husband cheated on me with his secretary.
    • After he found out his wife cheated, he left her.
    • While the nonavoidant passive-aggressive cheats for the sexual gratification and tries to disguise his or her cheating afterwards, in contrast, the passive-aggressive avoidant cheats less for the sex than to send a message[…]

  3. To avoid a seemingly inevitable thing.

    • He cheated death when his car collided with a moving train.
    • I feel as if I've cheated fate.
  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. To deceive

      To deceive; to fool; to trick.

      • My ex-wife cheated me out of $40,000.
      • He cheated his way into office.
      • I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of this island.

    2. To disregard self-imposed restrictions or commitments in favour of resting or indulging…

      To disregard self-imposed restrictions or commitments in favour of resting or indulging oneself.

    3. An act of deception or fraud

      An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception.

      • When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat.

    4. Someone who cheats.

    5. The weed cheatgrass.

    6. A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.

    7. A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat…

      A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game, often by entering a cheat code.

      • I've had a number of requests for a cheat for Turrican the first. Yes, there is a keypress built in […]
      • Unpause the game, then repause the game and enter any of the following cheats: […]

    8. A sort of low-quality bread.

      • Takes part with them, at ſhore: their pureſt cheat, / Thrice boulted, kneaded, and ſubdu'd in paſt[…]
      • Where by the way note, that loaves made of pure Wheaten Meal require both more Leaven and more labouring, and more baking than either coarſe Cheat or than Bread Mingled of Meal and Grudgins.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA