cheat sheet

Alternative forms

cheat-sheet, cheatsheet

Etymology

From cheat +‎ sheet.

Pronunciation

Audio (General Australian): (file)

Noun

cheat sheet (plural cheat sheets)

A sheet of paper (or a digital analogue thereof) containing notes used to assist (with or without permission) on a test; especially, such a sheet used secretly and improperly.
Synonym: crib sheet

Hypernym: answer sheet

Coordinate term: cheater

If you have trouble remembering all the trigonometric identities, the book has a cheat sheet in back that lists them.
(idiomatic) Any summary or quick reference used as a shortcut or reminder, such as an aid for public speaking.
Hypernyms: aide-mémoire, pro memoria

Coordinate term: non-paper

Translations

sheet of paper used to assist on a test

Armenian: հուշաթղթիկ (hušatʻġtʻik)
Belarusian: шпарга́лка f (šparhálka)
Bulgarian: пищо́в m (pištóv)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 貓紙 / 猫纸 (maau¹ zi²)

Mandarin: 作弊條 / 作弊条 (zuòbìtiáo), 小抄 (zh) (xiǎochāo), 知識點列表 / 知识点列表 (zhīshìdiǎn lièbiǎo)
Czech: tahák (cs) m
Dutch: spiekbriefje (nl) n
Finnish: lunttilappu (fi), luntti (fi) (often without permission); muistilappu (often with permission)
French: antisèche (fr) f, pompe (fr) f
Georgian: შპარგალკა (šṗargalḳa)
German: Spickzettel (de) m, Schummelzettel (de) m, Spicker m
Greek: σκονάκι (el) n (skonáki)
Hebrew: שְלִיף (he)
Hindi: चिटकुना (ciṭkunā)
Hungarian: puska (hu)
Italian: bigliettino m
Japanese: カンニングペーパー (ja) (kanningu pēpā), カンペ (ja) (kanpe)
Korean: 커닝 쪽지 (keoning jjokji)
Kyrgyz: шпаргалка (ky) (şpargalka)
Latvian: špikeris
Polish: ściąga (pl) f, ściągawka (pl) f, ściągaczka f
Portuguese: cábula (pt) f, cola (pt) f (Brazil)
Romanian: copiuță f, fițuică (ro) f
Russian: шпарга́лка (ru) f (špargálka), шпо́ра (ru) f (špóra) (slang)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пу̏шкица f

Roman: pȕškica (sh) f
Slovak: ťahák m
Slovene: plonk listek m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: špikowański cedlik m

Upper Sorbian: špikcedlka f, cedlka k špikowanju f
Spanish: machete (es) m, chuleta (es) f, copialina f (Colombia), chivo m (Guatemala), copiatín m (Paraguay), chepe m, copiazón m (Paraguay), trencito (es) m (colloquial)
Swedish: fusklapp (sv)
Tagalog: kodigo
Turkish: kopya kâğıdı (tr), kopya (tr)
Ukrainian: шпарга́лка f (šparhálka)
Uzbek: shpargalka (uz)
Vietnamese: bản quay phim (vi), bản quay cóp (vi)

any summary or quick reference

Chinese:
Mandarin: 簡要說明 / 简要说明 (jiǎnyào shuōmíng), 備忘單 / 备忘单 (bèiwàngdān)
Finnish: muistilappu, lunttilappu (fi)
Serbo-Croatian: podsjetnik (sh) m

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