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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. gambling, gaming, playnoun

    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"

    Synonyms:
    manoeuvre, looseness, fun, period of play, shimmer, play, bid, maneuver, caper, romp, gaming, sport, frolic, playing period, free rein, child's play, gambling, swordplay, gambol, dramatic play, turn, drama

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  1. binion

    Submitted by rinat on August 7, 2019  
  2. sattamatkanoun

    it a old famous word for gambling

    Submitted by dprocks213 on August 15, 2022  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. gamblingnoun

    Synonyms:
    gaming, playing for money

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "gambling":

    gaming, betting, gamble, game, gambling-related, bookmaking, casino, stake, games, hazard, play

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How to use Gambling in a sentence?

  1. Richard Lochhead:

    Scotland is known around the world for our beautiful natural environment - and banning growing genetically modified crops will protect and further enhance our clean, green status, there is no evidence of significant demand for GM products by Scottish consumers and I am concerned that allowing GM crops to be grown in Scotland would damage our clean and green brand, thereby gambling with the future of our 14 billion-pound ($22 billion) food and drink sector.

  2. William Cobbett:

    Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of speculation; but which ought to be called Gambling.

  3. Chief Superintendent Chan Lok-wing:

    The number of seizures is the highest and most significant amongst similar operations in recent years. The SOGA operations are important for tackling not just illegal gambling, but also the organised networks behind this and other types of crime.

  4. John Treadwell:

    Exalting one version of gambling above others does not seem appropriate.

  5. Will Callewaert:

    I look at it as essentially gambling. I don’t put more than I’m willing to lose.


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