gambles
Meaning of gambles
verb, 3rd person present
- 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 gambles
- The singular form of gambles is: gamble.
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Hyphenation of gambles
gam-bles
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- gambles is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
gambles synonyms
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 the possibility that something unpleasant or unwelcome will happen:
Meaning a possibility of something happening:
Meaning a danger or risk:
Meaning a means of raising money by selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers drawn at random:
Words that rhyme with gambles
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