cheat sheet

cheat sheet

See also: cheatsheet and cheat-sheet

English

Alternative forms

• cheat-sheet, cheatsheet

Etymology

cheat +‎ sheet

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

Noun

cheat sheet (plural cheat sheets)

1. A sheet of paper containing notes used to assist (with or without permission) on a test.

   If you have trouble remembering all the trigonometric identities, the book has a cheat sheet in back that lists them.

2. (idiomatic) Any summary or quick reference used as a shortcut or reminder, such as an aid for public speaking.

Synonyms

• answer sheet
• crib sheet

Translations

sheet of paper used to assist on a test

Armenian: հուշաթղթիկ (hušatʿłtʿik) Belarusian: шпарга́лка f (šparhálka) Bulgarian: пищо́в m (pištóv) Chinese: Cantonese: 貓紙, 猫纸 (maau1 zi2) Mandarin: 作弊條／作弊条 (zuòbìtiáo), 小抄 (zh) (xiǎochāo), 知識點列表／知识点列表 (zhīshìdiǎn lièbiǎo) Czech: tahák (cs) m Dutch: spiekbriefje (nl) n Finnish: lunttilappu (fi), luntti (fi) (often without permission); muistilappu (often with permission) French: antisèche (fr) f, pompe (fr) f Georgian: შპარგალკა (šṗargalḳa) German: Spickzettel (de) m, Schummelzettel (de) m, Spicker m Greek: σκονάκι (el) n (skonáki) Hebrew: שְלִיף‎ (he) Hindi: चिटकुना (ciṭkunā) Hungarian: puska (hu) Italian: bigliettino m Japanese: カンニングペーパー (ja) (kanningu pēpā), カンペ (ja) (kanpe) Korean: 커닝 쪽지 (keoning jjokji) Kyrgyz: шпаргалка (ky) (şpargalka) Latvian: špikeris Polish: ściąga (pl) f, ściągawka (pl) f, ściągaczka f Portuguese: cábula (pt) f, cola (pt) f (Brazil) Romanian: copiuță f, fițuică (ro) f Russian: шпарга́лка (ru) f (špargálka), шпо́ра (ru) f (špóra) (slang) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: пу̏шкица f Roman: pȕškica (sh) f Slovak: ťahák m Slovene: plonk listek m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: špikowański cedlik m Upper Sorbian: špikcedlka f, cedlka k špikowanju f Spanish: machete (es) m, chuleta (es) f Swedish: fusklapp (sv) Tagalog: kodigo Turkish: kopya kâğıdı (tr), kopya (tr) Ukrainian: шпарга́лка f (šparhálka) Uzbek: shpargalka (uz) Vietnamese: bản quay phim (vi), bản quay cóp (vi)

any summary or quick reference

Chinese: Mandarin: 簡要說明／简要说明 (jiǎnyào shuōmíng), 備忘單／备忘单 (bèiwàngdān) Finnish: muistilappu, lunttilappu (fi) Serbo-Croatian: podsjetnik (sh) m

Further reading

• cheat sheet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia