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crafty
English
Etymology
From Middle English crafti, crefti, from Old English cræfti? (“ingenious; skilful; crafty; cunning; virtuous; powerful”), from Proto-Germanic *kraftagaz, *kraftugaz (“powerful”), equivalent to craft +? -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kräftich, West Frisian krêftich, Dutch krachtig, German Low German krachtig, German kräftig.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?æfti/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k???fti/
Adjective
crafty (comparative craftier, superlative craftiest)
- Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
- Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
- Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft
- Synonyms: cunning, wily
- For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
- 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]
- Together, with the help of the drunkard Haymitch (Woody Harrelson), the only District 12 citizen ever to win the Games, they challenge tributes that range from sadistic volunteers to crafty kids like the pint-sized Rue (Amandla Stenberg) to the truly helpless and soon-to-be-dead.
- Sneaky; surreptitious.
- I took a crafty look at his hand of cards while he was out of the room.
Synonyms
- (skillful): See also Thesaurus:skilled
- (cunning, wily): See also Thesaurus:wily
Translations
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cheating
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?i?t??/
Verb
cheating
- present participle of cheat
Noun
cheating (countable and uncountable, plural cheatings)
- An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
- 1828, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Disowned
- the cheatings and impositions of your pitiful trade
- 1828, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Disowned
- (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
- 1965, Joseph V. Mascelli, The Five C’s of Cinematography.
Translations
Adjective
cheating (comparative more cheating, superlative most cheating)
- Unsporting or underhand.
- Unfaithful or adulterous.
See also
- Cheating in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
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- teaching
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- what cheating does to a relationship
- what cheating does to a man
- what cheating does to your partner
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