To cheat winter of its dreariness.
W. Irving.
Syn. -- To trick; cozen; gull; chouse; fool; outwit; circumvent; beguile; mislead; dupe; swindle; defraud; overreach; delude; hoodwink; deceive; bamboozle.
Cheat, v. i. To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards.
Cheat, n. [Perh. from OF. chetÚ goods, chattels.] Wheat, or bread made from wheat. [Obs.] Drayton.
Their purest cheat,
Thrice bolted, kneaded, and subdued in paste.
Chapman.
Cheat"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being cheated.
Cheat"a*ble*ness, n. Capability of being cheated.
Cheat"er (?), n. 1. One who cheats.