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gam·ble    Audio Help   [gam-buhl] Pronunciation Key verb, -bled, -bling, noun
–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 fol. 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.
–noun
6.any matter or thing involving risk or hazardous uncertainty.
7.a venture in a game of chance for stakes, esp. for high stakes.
[Origin: 1150–1200; ME gamenen to play (OE gamenian), with substitution of -le for -en; see game1]

—Related forms
gambler, noun

—Synonyms 6. venture, hazard, speculation, flyer.
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gam·ble    Audio Help   (gām'bəl)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   gam·bled, gam·bling, gam·bles

v.   intr.
    1. To bet on an uncertain outcome, as of a contest.
    2. To play a game of chance for stakes.
  2. To take a risk in the hope of gaining an advantage or a benefit.
  3. To engage in reckless or hazardous behavior: You are gambling with your health by continuing to smoke.

v.   tr.
  1. To put up as a stake in gambling; wager.
  2. To expose to hazard; risk: gambled their lives in a dangerous rescue mission.

n.  
  1. A bet, wager, or other gambling venture.
  2. An act or undertaking of uncertain outcome; a risk: I took a gamble that stock prices would rise.


[Perhaps from obsolete gamel, to play games, from Middle English gamen, gamenen, to play, from Old English gamenian, from gamen, fun.]

gam'bler n.
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gambling

noun
the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize); "his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was heavy play at the blackjack table" 

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