cheater
pronunciation
How to pronounce cheater in British English:
UK ['tʃi:tə]
How to pronounce cheater in American English:
US ['tʃitə]
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- Noun:
- someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
Word Origin
- cheater (n.)
- early 14c., "royal officer in charge of the king's escheats," agent noun from cheat (v.). Meaning "dishonest player" is recorded from 1530s.
Example
- 1. In tuesday 's most recent republican debate , gop front-runner mitt romney was unabashed in labeling china as a cheater and manipulator of its currency .
- 2. The applause was not only for thirty-one scrabble games more or less expertly played , but also for the fact that he had caught the cheater red-handed .
- 3. If you 're often pretending you 're single when you 're not ; if you send secret texts or e-mails ; if you share intimate details of your life with people you fancy and lie to your partner about seeing them , you 're an emotional cheater .
- 4. And what should a betrayed wife do if she doesn 't have the nerve or the money to hire a hit man to teach the cheater a lesson ?