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General Slang
Cheater
· noun · construction
A pipe slipped over a wrench handle for extra leverage.
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A length of pipe shoved over the handle of a wrench (or breaker bar) to multiply your leverage on a seized bolt or fitting. Called a cheater because you're cheating the tool's designed length — and because most manufacturers explicitly tell you not to do it. Plumbers, mechanics, and pipefitters use them constantly anyway.
“That flange wasn't coming loose till I put a four-foot cheater on the wrench.”
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Also: a cheater bar — same thing, just named more literally. Any pipe, bar, or tube used to extend a tool's lever arm.
“Bring the cheater bar from the truck, this lug nut's welded on with rust.”
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Cheater In A Sentence
That flange wasn't coming loose till I put a four-foot cheater on the wrench.
Bring the cheater bar from the truck, this lug nut's welded on with rust.
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What is a cheater in tool slang?
It's a pipe slipped over a wrench handle to give you extra leverage.
How do you use cheater in a sentence?
"That bolt was seized solid, so I put a cheater on the wrench to crack it loose."
Why is it called a cheater bar?
Because it lets you 'cheat' more leverage out of a wrench by extending its handle with a pipe.
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