cheater

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːtɚ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)
Homophone: cheetah (in non-rhotic accents)

Etymology 1

From cheat +‎ -er.

Noun

cheater (plural cheaters)

One who cheats.
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.

Synonyms

(one who cheats): cheat

Derived terms

Translations

One who cheats

Catalan: trampós (ca) m, tramposa (ca) f, trampista m or f
German: Betrüger (de) m, Schwindler (de) m
Irish: séitéir m, caimiléir m
Maori: kaipurei tāhae
Portuguese: trapaceiro (pt) m
Swedish: fuskare (sv)

cheat — 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)

(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]
- (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)

(video games) cheater (one who uses cheats in a video game)

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