cheater

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːtɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)
• Homophone: cheetah (non-rhotic)

Etymology 1

From cheat +‎ -er.

Noun

cheater (plural cheaters)

2. 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.

   2. Synonym of adulterer.
4. Something that a person uses while cheating (i.e., either literally or figuratively cheating).

   Coordinate terms: cheat sheet, crib sheet

   2. 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.
   4. 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

• cheater five
• cheater plug
• cheaters never prosper
• cheatery
• micro-cheater
• noncheater
• pinky cheater
• windcheater

 

Translations

someone who cheats — see cheat

Etymology 2

From Middle English chetour, a variant of eschetour, from Old French eschetour, escheteur, equivalent to escheat +‎ -er.

Noun

cheater (plural cheaters)

1. (obsolete) An escheater.

See also

• cheaters (plurale tantum)

Anagrams

• hectare, rechate, recheat, reteach, teacher

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• xíter

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cheater.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.teʁ/ [ˈʃi.teh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.teʁ/ [ˈʃi.teh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.teɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.teʁ/ [ˈʃi.teχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.teɻ/

Noun

cheater m or f by sense (plural cheaters)

1. (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.

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