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verb (used without object)
1.
to play at any game of chance for money or other stakes.
2.
to stake or risk money, or anything of value, on the outcome of something involving chance: to gamble on a toss of the dice.
verb (used with object)
3.
to lose or squander by betting (usually followed by away): He gambled all his hard-earned money away in one night.
4.
to wager or risk (money or something else of value): to gamble one's freedom.
5.
to take a chance on; venture; risk: I'm gambling that our new store will be a success.
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Gambler
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noun
6.
any matter or thing involving risk or hazardous uncertainty.
7.
a venture in a game of chance for stakes, especially for high stakes.
Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English gamenen to play (Old English gamenian), with substitution of -le for -en; see game1
1150–1200; Middle English gamenen to play (Old English gamenian), with substitution of -le for -en; see game1
Related forms
gam·bler, noun
an·ti·gam·bling, adjective
non·gam·bler, noun
out·gam·ble, verb (used with object), -bled, -bling.
o·ver·gam·ble, verb (used with object), -bled, -bling.
EXPANDpro·gam·bling, adjective
re·gam·ble, verb, -bled, -bling.
un·gam·bled, adjective
un·gam·bling, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
6. venture, hazard, speculation, flyer.
6. venture, hazard, speculation, flyer.
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Word Origin & History
gamble
1726 (implied in gambling), from a dialectal survival of M.E. gammlen, variant of gamenen "to play, jest, be merry," from O.E. gamenian "to play," from gamen (see game). Or possibly gamble is from a derivative of gamel "to play games" (1594), itself likely a frequentative from
EXPANDgame. Originally regarded as a slang word. The intrusive -b- may be from confusion with gambol. Related: Gambled; gambling.
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