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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From cheat + -er.
Noun
cheater (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.
- 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
Translations
someone who cheats
— see cheatEtymology 2
From Middle English chetour, a variant of eschetour, from Old French eschetour, escheteur, equivalent to escheat + -er.
Noun
cheater (plural cheaters)
- (obsolete) An escheater.
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Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English cheater.
Pronunciation
Noun
cheater 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)