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roulette
/ɹuˈlɛt/
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What does roulette mean?
noun
- A game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered (usually red and black) spaces. When the ball stops, it indicates the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.
- (figuratively) An instance of risk-taking, especially when the downside exceeds the upside (contrary to the game of roulette where only the wager is lost).
- A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to produce rows of dots.
More meanings (5)
noun
- A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.
- The locus of a point on a plane curve that rolls without slipping along another fixed plane curve.
- Any of the small incisions on a sheet of stamps, used as an alternative to perforations.
- A cylindrical curler for the hair.
verb
- To separate or decorate by incisions made with a small toothed wheel.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɹuˈlɛt/
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Afterward they drifted into a roulette parlor, and Jurgis, who was never lucky at gambling, dropped about fifteen dollars.
This was a game of chance similar to roulette, and for a while it completely gulfed the trusting public.
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A short distance off is heard the rattle of dice-boxes and roulette at the open-air gambling-stalls.
It brought him extraordinary relief to remember that he had gone to bed in extreme ill-humor with his exploits at roulette.
At the present day a sort of roulette is used for the same purpose by the itinerant caterers to the sweetmeat and fruit-loving little ones.