cheating

cheating

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːtɪŋ/

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Verb

cheating

1. present participle of cheat

Noun

cheating (countable and uncountable, plural cheatings)

1. An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
   • 1828, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Disowned

     the cheatings and impositions of your pitiful trade

2. (cinematography) 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.
   • 1965, Joseph V. Mascelli, The Five C’s of Cinematography.

     Cheating is the sixth C of Cinematography ... it is the art of arranging people, objects or actions, during filming or editing

Derived terms

• contract cheating

Translations

act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition

Dutch: valsspelen (nl) n German: Falschspiel n, Betrügerei (de) f, Schiebung (de) f, Schwindel (de) m, Mogelei (de) f, Schummelei f Irish: cúigleáil f (at cards) Italian: imbroglio (it) m, truffa (it) f Japanese: チート (chīto), カンニング (ja) (kanningu) (examinations) Polish: oszustwo (pl) m, oszukiwanie (pl) n, (computer games) cheatowanie n, (computer games) czitowanie n Sanskrit: कपट (sa) m or n (kapaṭa) Serbo-Croatian: podvala (sh) f, prevara (sh) f, prijevara (sh) f Spanish: trampa (es) f Swedish: fusk (sv) n

Adjective

cheating (comparative more cheating, superlative most cheating)

1. Unsporting or underhand.
2. Unfaithful or adulterous.

Translations

unsporting & underhand

German: unsportlich (de), unehrlich (de), betrügerisch (de)

adulterous

German: betrügerisch (de), ehebrecherisch (de), untreu (de)

See also

• Cheating in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

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