raffle
noun
a form of lottery in which a number of persons buy one or more chances to win a prize.
raffling
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present participleof raffle.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Jennie Bailey's friends thought she was "bonkers" when she told them she was raffling her family's £325,000 home for £5 a ticket.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025
They thought it was funny and weird that the event was raffling off a chocolate cake, she said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2023
He's already selling greeting cards, T-shirts, hats, wine glasses, footballs, placemats and Christmas ornaments, along with raffling off tickets to see him perform.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2022
Chen and Mandell are raffling hand pies and selling tortillas, respectively, for the fundraiser.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
Then he proposed raffling himself off among them at ten pesos a chance.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
