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gamble
/ˈɡæm.bəl/
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What does gamble mean?
noun
- A bet or wager.
- A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.
- A risky venture.
More meanings (5)
verb
- To take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome.
- To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain.
- To risk (something) for potential gain.
- To interact with equipment at a casino.
proper noun
- A surname from Old Norse.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɡæm.bəl/
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See this word in context.
He spoke imperfect English, but he did not drink nor gamble, and he knew furs and was honest.
Magistrates sold for a price the permission to gamble--in the face of the enacted laws against the practice.
More book examples (3)
Those facts are supported, in the field of animal behaviour, by the almost unanimous evidence of zoologists, including that of Dr. Gamble herself.
Thus men gamble, not only for the gain but because such excitement as is aroused offers relief from business worries or home difficulties.
The mechanism and the conditions for the change in colouration were made clear through the beautiful investigations of Keeble and Gamble, on the colour-change in crustaceans.