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play cheat

play cheat verb: to play dirty, to act dishonestly and cheat, to be unsporting.

Verb

play cheat (third-person singular simple present plays cheat, present participle playing cheat, simple past and past participle played cheat)

  1. (Singapore, Singlish) To play dirty, to act dishonestly and cheat, to be unsporting.
    • “There is no such thing as president of the world. But there is one king of the world. I am king of the world. Bigger than you!”
      “Where got king, one? Who say so? You play cheat.”
      “My mother say got. You don’t believe me you ask her.”2022, Daren Shiau, chapter VIII, in Heartland, Ethos Books, →ISBN

Forms of play cheat

third-person singular presentplays cheat
present participleplaying cheat
past participleplayed cheat
pastplayed cheat

Questions about play cheat

What does play cheat mean?
Play cheat means to play dirty, to act dishonestly and cheat, to be unsporting.
What part of speech is play cheat?
Play cheat is a verb.
What is the past tense of play cheat?
The past tense of play cheat is played cheat.

Words near play cheat in the dictionary

  1. play bow
  2. play bows
  3. play by ear
  4. play by the rules
  5. play catch-up
  6. play cheat
  7. play chicken
  8. play clock
  9. play clocks
  10. play club
  11. play clubs

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