cheat sheet
noun
1
: a sheet containing information (such as test answers) used secretly for cheating
2
: a written or graphic aid (such as a sheet of notes) that can be referred to for help in understanding or remembering something complex
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Here's a cheat sheet that could help bring you up to speed. 
Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 10 July 2022 Here’s a cheat sheet to put some alternatives into context. Yael Klass, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022 Here’s your cheat sheet to avoid absorbing your team's feelings while retaining your empathy for their issues and their needs. Forbes, 18 May 2022 Our annual Pistons cheat sheet is here to set the table for the offseason. Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 18 Apr. 2022 Take a look at our acid cheat sheet on how to pick skincare acids to learn more. Sarah Madaus, SELF, 26 Apr. 2022 After all, with a record 109 medals set to be awarded, and seven new events, there’s so much going on in Beijing that having a cheat sheet can be really helpful! Johanna Gretschel, SELF, 3 Feb. 2022 Consider this your cheat sheet to the best-performing lip products in the game. Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com, 11 Feb. 2022 The event of the moment was to instill respect in the classroom, but the cheat sheet was to achieve that respect by first encouraging the members of the classroom to develop their own self-respect. Jonathan Majors, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2022 See More
Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 10 July 2022 Here’s a cheat sheet to put some alternatives into context. Yael Klass, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022 Here’s your cheat sheet to avoid absorbing your team's feelings while retaining your empathy for their issues and their needs. Forbes, 18 May 2022 Our annual Pistons cheat sheet is here to set the table for the offseason. Marlowe Alter, Detroit Free Press, 18 Apr. 2022 Take a look at our acid cheat sheet on how to pick skincare acids to learn more. Sarah Madaus, SELF, 26 Apr. 2022 After all, with a record 109 medals set to be awarded, and seven new events, there’s so much going on in Beijing that having a cheat sheet can be really helpful! Johanna Gretschel, SELF, 3 Feb. 2022 Consider this your cheat sheet to the best-performing lip products in the game. Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE.com, 11 Feb. 2022 The event of the moment was to instill respect in the classroom, but the cheat sheet was to achieve that respect by first encouraging the members of the classroom to develop their own self-respect. Jonathan Majors, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
circa 1935, in the meaning defined at sense 1