Gamble

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: Gam=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

Gamble, v. i. [Dim. of game. See 2d Game.].

 To play or game for money or other stake.  [1913 Webster]

Gamble, v. t. 

 To lose or squander by gaming; -- usually with away.  Ames.  [1913 Webster]

Gamble, n. 

 An act of gambling; a transaction or proceeding involving gambling; hence, anything involving similar risk or uncertainty.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Gamble, v. & n.
--v.
1 intr. play games of chance for money, esp. for high stakes.
2 tr. a bet (a sum of money) in gambling. b (often foll. by away) lose (assets) by gambling.
3 intr. take great risks in the hope of substantial gain.
4 intr. (foll. by on) act in the hope or expectation of (gambled on fine weather).
--n.
1 a risky undertaking or attempt.
2 a spell of gambling.

Derivative

gambler n.

Etymology

obs. gamel to sport, gamene GAME(1)

THESAURUS

Gamble

accidentality, actuarial calculation, admit of, adventitiousness, ante, ante up, back, be liable, be subjected to, bet, bet on, bid fair to, blind bargain, borderline case, brave, break, call, cast lots, casualness, challenge, chance, compromise, contingency, count on, court destruction, cover, cut lots, cut the cards, dare, defy, defy danger, destiny, double contingency, draw lots, draw straws, encounter danger, endanger, expose, face, face up to, fade, fate, flukiness, forget the odds, fortuitousness, fortuity, fortune, gamble on, gamble with, game, good fortune, good luck, guess, hap, happenstance, happy chance, hazard, heedless hap, how they fall, imperil, incur danger, indeterminacy, indeterminateness, jeopard, jeopardize, jeopardy, law of averages, lay, lay a wager, lay down, lay open, lie under, lot, luck, make a bet, make book, match coins, meet a bet, moira, open question, opportunity, parlay, pass, peril, piece of guesswork, play, play against, play at dice, play the ponies, play with fire, plunge, predict, principle of indeterminacy, probability, problematicness, prognosticate, punt, put in danger, put in jeopardy, put on, question, raffle off, random sample, rely on, risk, run of luck, run the chance, run the risk, see, serendipity, set, shoot craps, sight-unseen transaction, speculate, speculation, sport, stake, stand a chance, stand fair to, stand pat, stand to gain, stand to lose, statistical probability, take a chance, take chances, tempt Providence, tempt fortune, the breaks, theory of probability, toss, toss-up, touch and go, uncertainty, uncertainty principle, undecided issue, venture, wager, whatever comes

ROGET THESAURUS

Gamble

Chance

VB chance, stand a chance, toss up, cast lots, draw lots, leave to chance, trust to chance, leave to the chapter of accidents, trust to the chapter of accidents, tempt fortune, chance it, take one's chance, take a shot at it (attempt), run the risk, run the chance, incur the risk, incur the chance, encounter the risk, encounter the chance, stand the hazard of the die, speculate, try one's luck, set on a cast, raffle, put into a lottery, buy a pig in a poke, shuffle the cards, risk, venture, hazard, stake, ante, lay, lay a wager, make a bet, wager, bet, gamble, game, play for, play at chuck farthing, chance, hap, turn up, fall to one's lot, be one's fate, stumble on light upon, take one's chance.