Raffle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A lottery in which a number of persons buy chances to win a prize.
  • v. To dispose of in a raffle. Often used with off.
  • verb-intransitive. To conduct or take part in a raffle.
  • n. Rubbish; debris.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A drawing, often held as a fundraiser, in which tickets or chances are sold to win a prize.
  • v. To award something by means of a raffle or random drawing, often used with off.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A kind of lottery, in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor.
  • n. A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes.
  • n. Refuse; rubbish; raff.
  • verb-intransitive. To engage in a raffle.
  • v. To dispose of by means of a raffle; -- often followed by off.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A game with dice.
  • n. A method of sale by chance or lottery, in which the price of the thing to be disposed of is divided into equal shares, and the persons taking the shares east lots for its possession by throwing dice or otherwise.
  • To try the chance of a raffle; engage in a raffle: as, to raffle for a watch.
  • To dispose of by means of a raffle: often with off: as, to raffle or raffle off a watch.
  • To move or fidget about.
  • To live in a disorderly way.
  • To stir (a fire).
  • To brush off (walnuts).
  • n. Nautical, raff; lumber; rubbish.
  • n. Same as raffle-net.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money
  • v. dispose of in a lottery
  • Verb Form
    raffled    raffles    raffling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    lottery    drawing    present    gift    give   
    Form
    raffled    raffling    meat raffle   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    refuse    rubbish    raff    lottery   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    baffle   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
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