Micro-cheat

Quick meaning: Micro-cheat is a verb meaning To show signs of attraction or focus on someone other than one's romantic partner.

Meaning

To show signs of attraction or focus on someone other than one's romantic partner.

More Meanings

1. A person who micro-cheats.
2. An instance of micro-cheating.

Example Sentences

Here, LYNSEY CLARKE presents a quiz which will reveal if you are a micro-cheat, a mini-flirt or mega-loyal.

But while physical cheating is publicly condemned and clear-cut enough to identify, there's a "tinier" form of cheating that can sting just as much: micro-cheating.

New York–based relationship and etiquette expert of Relationship Advice Forum, April Masini, tells Bustle. "Sleeping with someone else is not a micro-cheat. That’s a flat-out betrayal."

There are plenty of different ways to micro-cheat on your partner. One of the prime examples is by going through someone's social media profile and liking old pictures of them – known as a "deep like".

Word Forms

• micro-cheats
• micro-cheating
• micro-cheated

Synonyms for micro-cheat

Depending on context, synonyms include micro-cheater.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include micro, microfocus, microanalyze, microtarget, microcrack, microdot.

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