Gamble

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To bet on an uncertain outcome, as of a contest.
  • verb-intransitive. To play a game of chance for stakes.
  • verb-intransitive. To take a risk in the hope of gaining an advantage or a benefit.
  • verb-intransitive. To engage in reckless or hazardous behavior: You are gambling with your health by continuing to smoke.
  • v. To put up as a stake in gambling; wager.
  • v. To expose to hazard; risk: gambled their lives in a dangerous rescue mission.
  • n. A bet, wager, or other gambling venture.
  • n. An act or undertaking of uncertain outcome; a risk: I took a gamble that stock prices would rise.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.
  • n. A risky venture
  • v. To take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome.
  • v. To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain.
  • v. To risk (something) for potential gain.
  • v. To interact with equipment at a casino
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To play or game for money or other stake.
  • v. To lose or squander by gaming; -- usually with away.
  • n. An act of gambling; a transaction or proceeding involving gambling; hence, anything involving similar risk or uncertainty.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To play at any game of hazard for a stake; risk money or anything of value on the issue of a game of chance, by either playing or betting on the play of others; hence, to engage in financial transactions or speculations dependent for success chiefly upon chance or unknown contingencies: as, to gamble with cards or dice; to gamble in stocks.
  • Gambling contract. See contract.
  • To lose or squander by gaming: with away or off.
  • n. A venture in gambling or as in gambling; a reckless speculation.
  • n. A leg.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. play games for money
  • n. money that is risked for possible monetary gain
  • v. take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
  • n. a risky act or venture
  • Verb Form
    gambled    gambles    gambling   
    Cross Reference
    wager   
    Form
    gambled    gambling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    risk    wager    chance    plunge    pyramid   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Campbell    amble    bramble    preamble    ramble    scramble    shamble    tramble    unscramble   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    casino    gaming    poker    drunkenness    bet    prostitution    speculation    sport    theft    roulette