gamble
Meaning of gamble
verb
- play games of chance for money; bet.
he gambles on football
- take risky action in the hope of a desired result.
he was gambling on the success of his satellite TV channel
- an act of gambling.
Dad likes a bit of a gamble
- a risky action undertaken with the hope of success.
we decided to take a gamble and offer him a place on our staff
early 18th century: from obsolete gamel ‘play games’, or from the verb game1.
Information about gamble
- The plural form of gamble is: gambles.
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Hyphenation of gamble
gam-ble
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- gamble is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
gamble synonyms
Meaning chance:
chance, risk, hazard, adventure
Meaning risk a sum of money or valued item against someone else's on the basis of the outcome of an unpredictable event such as a race or game:
Meaning risk (a sum of money or valued item) against someone else's on the basis of the outcome of an unpredictable event; bet:
Meaning travel in a punt:
Meaning play gambling games:
Meaning invest in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope of gain but with the risk of loss:
Meaning undertake a risky or daring journey or course of action:
Meaning the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence:
Meaning a small bet:
Meaning a means of raising money by selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers drawn at random:
Translation of gamble
Words that rhyme with gamble
Amble, Gamble, amble, bescramble, bramble, cramble, descramble, famble, hamble, outgamble, overgamble, peramble, praeamble, preamble, ramble, regamble, rescramble, scamble, scramble, shamble, unscramble, wamble, whamble, Bremble, Kemble, assemble, atremble, disassemble, dissemble, ensemble, jemble, misassemble, preassemble, preresemble, reassemble, remble, resemble, semble, subassemble, tremble, Bimble, Gimble, Kimble, Trimble, chimble, crimble, dimble, fimble, gimble, mimble
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