cheater
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːtɚ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)
- Homophone: cheetah (non-rhotic)
Etymology 1
editNoun
editcheater (plural cheaters)
- 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.
- Synonym of adulterer.
- Something that a person uses while cheating (i.e., either literally or figuratively cheating).
- Coordinate terms: cheat sheet, crib sheet
- 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.
- 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.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editOne who cheats
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cheat — see cheat
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle English chetour, a variant of eschetour, from Old French eschetour, escheteur, equivalent to escheat + -er.
Noun
editcheater (plural cheaters)
See also
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editPortuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English cheater.
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editcheater m or f by sense (plural cheaters)
- (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)
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