cheating : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cheating	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cheating
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cheating adj not faithful to a spouse or lover; "adulterous husbands and wives"; "a two-timing boyfriend" Synonym(s): adulterous, cheating(a), two-timing(a) violating accepted standards or rules; "a dirty fighter"; "used foul means to gain power"; "a nasty unsporting serve"; "fined for unsportsmanlike behavior" Synonym(s): cheating(a), dirty, foul, unsporting, unsportsmanlike n a deception for profit to yourself [syn: cheat, cheating]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of this island. --Shak. 2. To beguile. --Sir W. Scott. 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.