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cheating

/ˈtʃiːtɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To violate rules in order to gain advantage from a situation.
  2. To be unfaithful to one's spouse or partner.
  3. To manage to avoid something even though it seemed unlikely.
  4. To deceive; to fool; to trick.
  5. An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
  6. The arrangement of people or items in a film so as to give the (false) impression that shots are taken from different angles in the same location.
  7. Unsporting or underhand.
  8. Unfaithful or adulterous.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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