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gam·ble
 (g  m  b  l)
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VERB:
gam·bled
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gam·bling
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gam·bles
VERB:
intr.
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- To bet on an uncertain outcome, as of a contest.
- To play a game of chance for stakes.
- To take a risk in the hope of gaining an advantage or a benefit.
- To engage in reckless or hazardous behavior:
You are gambling with your health by continuing to smoke.
VERB:
tr.
- To put up as a stake in gambling; wager.
- To expose to hazard; risk:
gambled their lives in a dangerous rescue mission.
NOUN:
- A bet, wager, or other gambling venture.
- An act or undertaking of uncertain outcome; a risk:
I took a gamble that stock prices would rise.
ETYMOLOGY:
Perhaps from obsolete gamel, to play games, from Middle English gamen, gamenen, to play, from Old English gamenian, from gamen, fun
OTHER FORMS:
gambler
(Noun)
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