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Uncommoncheat
The correct spelling is cheat.
How to pronounce cheat
/tʃiːt/
verbIPA: /tʃiːt/
Say it like: Chee-t
The correct spelling is cheat. To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation. For example: "My brother flunked biology because he cheated on his mid-term."
Usage Examples
“My brother flunked biology because he cheated on his mid-term.”
“After he found out his wife cheated, he left her.”
“He cheated death when his car collided with a moving train.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.
- 2.To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.
- 3.To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.
- 4.To deceive; to fool; to trick.
noun
- 1.Someone who cheats (informal: cheater).
- 2.An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
- 3.The weed cheatgrass.
- 4.A card game where the goal is to have no cards remaining in a hand, often by telling lies.
- 5.A hidden means of gaining an unfair advantage in a computer game, often by entering a cheat code.
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