From en.wiktionary.org:
[Cheat]
** English
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en], variant of [enm], from [en], from the noun (see below). Displaced
native [ang].
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
2. [en] 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.
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2003 | author=Martin Kantor | title=Distancing: Avoidant Personality Disorder | page=137
|passage=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[...]}}
1. [en] To avoid a seemingly inevitable thing.
2. [en] To deceive ; to fool ; to trick .
3. * [act=III]
4. * [title=Rural Life in England]
5. * [en]
6. [en] To disregard self-imposed restrictions or commitments in favour of resting or indulging oneself.
***** Translations
[violate rules to gain advantage]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Assamese: [as] , [as]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca] , [ca]
- Cherokee: [chr]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Faroese: [fo] , [fo] , [fo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Gothic: [got]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [at a test or exam] [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga] , [ga] , [ga] [at games] , [ga] [at games] , [ga] [at cards]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv] , [lv] , [lv] , [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Luxembourgish: [lb]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norwegian: [no] , [no]
- Pashto: [ps]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] ; [ru] , [ru] ; [ru] , [ru] ; [ru] , [ru] ; [ru] , [ru]
- Sanskrit: [sa]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr] , [tr] [education]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi] , [vi]
- Volapük: [vo] , [older term] [vo]
- Walloon: [wa]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[being unfaithful to sexual partner]
- Arabic:
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [妻を欺いて] [ja] , [ja]
- Korean: [ko] , [ko]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norwegian: [no] , [no]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [intransitive] [ru] , [intransitive] [ru] [colloquial]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv] , [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Vietnamese: [vi] [to use both hands to catch fish]
- Walloon: [wa] , [wa] , [wa]
[trans-bottom]
[manage to avoid something]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Norwegian: [no] , [no] , [no]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[to deceive]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Greek:
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [obtaining money etc. by deception] [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Ido: [io]
- Kavalan: [ckv]
- Latin: [la]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi]
- Nepali: [ne]
- Pennsylvania German: [pdc]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Tamil: [ta]
[trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 2
[en], an aphetic form of [enm], from [en], [fro], [fro], from the past
participle of [fro] (modern [fr]), from [en], from [en] + [la].
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception.
2. * [passage=When I consider life, 'tis all a CHEAT .]
3. Someone who cheats.
4. * [page=33]
5. * [en]
6. The weed cheatgrass .
7. [en] A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies .
8. [en] A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game , often by entering a cheat code .
9. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=1992 | author=Phil Howard | title=Cheat Mode | journal=Amstrad Action | issue=76 | month=January | page=32
|passage=I've had a number of requests for a CHEAT for Turrican the first.
Yes, there is a keypress built in [...]}}
***** Derived terms
[en]
***** Descendants
- [nl]
- [fr]
- [de]
***** Translations
[someone who is dishonest or cheats]
- Arabic:
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- Greek: [el]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Latin: [la]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Maori: [mi]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Sanskrit: [sa]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Walloon: [wa] , [wa] , [wa] , [wa]
[trans-bottom]
[act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota] , [ota]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[cheatgrass]
[card game]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
[trans-bottom]
[unfair advantage in a computer game]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
*** Etymology 3
[en] [en], of unknown origin; compare [en].
**** Noun
[-]
1. [en] A sort of low-quality bread .
2. * [en]
3. * [en]
4. * [en]
***** Translations
[low-quality bread]
- Middle English: [enm]
[trans-bottom]
*** Further reading
- [cheat (game)]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Dutch
*** Etymology
[nl].
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [nl] [en] [unfair advantage in a computer game]
*** Further reading
- [R:GB]
** French
*** Etymology
[fr].
*** Pronunciation
- [tchite]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [fr] [en]
** Portuguese
[lang=pt]
*** Alternative forms
- [pt]
*** Etymology
[pt].
*** Pronunciation
[xite]
*** Noun
[m]
1. [pt] [en] [hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a video game]
**** Related terms
[pt]