adj
Meaning 1
Unsporting or underhand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
cheating
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈt͡ʃiːtɪŋ/
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adj
Meaning 2
Unfaithful or adulterous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
The arrangement of people or items in a film so as to give the (false) impression that shots are taken from different angles in the same location.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: broadcasting, cinematography, film, media, television
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verb
Meaning 5
present participle and gerund of cheat
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 6
a deception for profit to yourself
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cheat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
Narrower terms: gerrymander
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: unsportlich — unsporting & underhand
- German: unehrlich — unsporting & underhand
- German: betrügerisch — unsporting & underhand
- Ukrainian: нечесний (nečesnyj) — unsporting & underhand
- German: betrügerisch — adulterous
- German: ehebrecherisch — adulterous
- German: untreu — adulterous
- Portuguese: traidor — adulterous
- Portuguese: infiel — adulterous
- Dutch: valsspelen — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- German: Falschspiel — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- German: Betrügerei — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- German: Schiebung — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- German: Schwindel — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- German: Mogelei — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- German: Schummelei — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Hindi: धोखा (dhokhā) — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Hindi: छल (chal) — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Irish: cúigleáil — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Italian: imbroglio — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Italian: truffa — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Japanese: チート (chīto) — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Japanese: カンニング (kanningu) — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Polish: oszustwo — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Polish: oszukiwanie — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Polish: cheatowanie — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Polish: czitowanie — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Sanskrit: कपट (kapaṭa) — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Serbo-Croatian: podvala — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Serbo-Croatian: prevara — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Serbo-Croatian: prijevara — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Spanish: trampa — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Spanish: fullería — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Spanish: albardilla — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Spanish: trafa — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Swedish: fusk — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Ukrainian: ошука́нство (ošukánstvo) — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
- Ukrainian: круті́йство (krutíjstvo) — act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition
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