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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a deception for profit to yourself;
[syn: cheat, cheating]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. not faithful to a spouse or lover;
- Example: "adulterous husbands and wives"
- Example: "a two-timing boyfriend"
[syn: adulterous, cheating(a), two-timing(a)]

2. violating accepted standards or rules;
- Example: "a dirty fighter"
- Example: "used foul means to gain power"
- Example: "a nasty unsporting serve"
- Example: "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior"
[syn: cheating(a), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cheat \Cheat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cheated; p. pr. & vb. n. Cheating.] [See Cheat, n., Escheat.] 1. To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle. [1913 Webster] I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of this island. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To beguile. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] To cheat winter of its dreariness. --W. Irving. Syn: To trick; cozen; gull; chouse; fool; outwit; circumvent; beguile; mislead; dupe; swindle; defraud; overreach; delude; hoodwink; deceive; bamboozle. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cheating adj 1: not faithful to a spouse or lover; "adulterous husbands and wives"; "a two-timing boyfriend" [syn: adulterous, cheating(a), two-timing(a)] 2: violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" [syn: cheating(a), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike] n 1: a deception for profit to yourself [syn: cheat, cheating]