to gamble
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3.0
- verb
- /ˈɡæm.bəl/
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apostar
- - Didn't he gamble for a living?
- gamble away
- gamble on sports
- drink or gamble
We'd fly to Reno for the day, we'd gamble and then fly home.
- We'd fly to Reno for the day, we'd gamble and then fly home.
- We can tell whether you smoke, whether you drink, whether you gamble, and how much.
- And in the colder months, we would sit underneath the stairs and gamble playing playing cards.
- Don't just don't gamble and don't keep keep playing once you start losing.
- People would go to, you know, get healthy in a spa and then gamble while there.
- Usually if you gamble for real, you know exactly what your betting limit is.
- So he does, you know, he's too proud to gamble on his team.
- It's like we're good, I'll gamble, I'm good.
- It's a a gambler, non a gambler who gambles non-stop, passes away.
- And like I wasn't and I fucking knew how to gamble and I'm not fucking stupid.
- And then they'd gamble their fibre instead of buy the coffee.
- So you're trying gamble to try and get those money to try and get your freedom.
Examples
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If you go to Las Vegas and you gamble a lot,
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Everybody likes to gamble.
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It's, you know, you can gamble with your friends and buy into a pool.
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We can tell whether you smoke, whether you drink, whether you gamble, and how much.
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Listen, I can teach you to gamble, which is kind of like being good at money.
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Next time you gamble, bet your own life!
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People would go to, you know, get healthy in a spa and then gamble while there.
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At the entrance to one of the alleys, she saw two sailors gambling with cards and dice.
Fiction book (1996) -
We'd fly to Reno for the day, we'd gamble and then fly home.
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Many people love to gamble on their favorite sports teams during the season.
Synonyms
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4.2
Risk money by betting to try to win more
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3.7
To risk money guessing which result will happen
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4.4
To risk money on the result of a game or event
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7.0
To invest money in stocks or property taking a risk to make money quickly
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4.2
To do something risky hoping to get a good result
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7.6
To bet money on the result of a sports event
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
How Risky
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gamble comes from the same old word for game, which means 'play'. Think of it as 'to play' a risky game with money, so to gamble is to bet on an uncertain result.