Definition of cheat

"cheat" in the noun sense

1. darnel, tare, bearded darnel, cheat, Lolium temulentum

weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land seeds sometimes considered poisonous

2. chess, cheat, Bromus secalinus

weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

3. deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker

someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

4. swindle, cheat, rig

the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

"that book is a fraud"

5. cheat, cheating

a deception for profit to yourself

"cheat" in the verb sense

1. cheat, rip off, chisel

deprive somebody of something by deceit

"The con-man beat me out of $50"

"This salesman ripped us off!"

"we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"

"They chiseled me out of my money"

2. cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey

defeat someone through trickery or deceit

3. cheat, chisel

engage in deceitful behavior practice trickery or fraud

"Who's chiseling on the side?"

4. cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander

be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

"She cheats on her husband"

"Might her husband be wandering?"

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Quotations for cheat

Cheat me in the price, but not in the goods. [ Proverb ]

Unthought-of frailties cheat us in the wise. [ Pope ]

He that will cheat at play, will cheat you any way. [ Proverb ]

Who purposely cheats his friend, would cheat his God. [ Lavater ]

Every man takes care that his neighbour shall not cheat him. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

If you are going to cheat, it's better if you don't get caught. [ Yogi Berra ]

Prejudice assumes the garb of reason, but the cheat is too thin. [ H. W. Shaw ]

He that goes a great way for a wife is either cheated, or means to cheat. [ Proverb ]

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that. [ Bailey ]

The nearest we can come to perfect happiness is to cheat ourselves with the belief that we have got it. [ H. W. Shaw ]

What is ambition? It is a glorious cheat! Angels of light walk not so dazzlingly the sapphire walls of heaven. [ Willis ]

The history of persecution is a history of endeavor to cheat nature, to make water run up hill, to twist a rope of sand. [ Emerson ]

Sweet pliability of man's spirit, that can at once surrender itself to illusions which cheat expectation and sorrow of their weary moments! [ Sterne ]

Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny; Plato, a privilege of nature; Theophrastus, a silent cheat; Theocritus, a delightful prejudice; Carneades, a solitary kingdom; Domitian said, that nothing was more grateful; Aristotle afirmed that beauty was better than all the letters of recommendation in the world; Homer, that it was a glorious gift of nature, and Ovid, alluding to him, calls it a favor bestowed by the gods. [ From the Italian ]

cheat in Scrabble®

The word cheat is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters cheat:

TEACH
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CHEAT
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word cheat

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cheat in Words With Friends™

The word cheat is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters cheat:

TEACH
(54)
CHEAT
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Words containing the sequence cheat

Words that end with cheat (3 words)

Word Growth involving cheat

Shorter words in cheat

at eat heat

he heat

Longer words containing cheat

cheated outcheated

cheated recheated

cheater cheaters windcheaters

cheater windcheater windcheaters

cheatgrass cheatgrasses

cheating outcheating

cheating recheating

cheats outcheats

cheats recheats

outcheat outcheated

outcheat outcheating

outcheat outcheats

recheat recheated

recheat recheating

recheat recheats