Definition of cheat

• n. - An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
• n. - One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater.
• n. - A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also chess. See Chess.
• n. - The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth.
• n. - To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.
• n. - To beguile.
• v. i. - To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards.
• n. - Wheat, or bread made from wheat.