cheating - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (2024)

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  • 1 English
    • 1.1 Pronunciation
    • 1.2 Verb
    • 1.3 Noun
      • 1.3.1 Derived terms
      • 1.3.2 Translations
    • 1.4 Adjective
      • 1.4.1 Translations
    • 1.5 See also
    • 1.6 Anagrams

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

cheating

  1. present participle and gerund of cheat

Noun[edit]

cheating (countable and uncountable, plural cheatings)

  1. An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
  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[edit]

Translations[edit]

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

Adjective[edit]

cheating (comparative more cheating, superlative most cheating)

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

Translations[edit]

unsporting & underhand

See also[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

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