gamble

v., -bled, -bling, -bles.

v.intr.

1. 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.]

gambler gam'bler n.

verb

1. To make a bet: bet, game, lay¹, play, wager. Idioms: put one's money on something. See gambling.
2. To put up as a stake in a game or speculation: bet, lay¹ (down), post², put, risk, stake, venture, wager. Informal go. See gambling.
3. To take a risk in the hope of gaining advantage: speculate, venture. Idioms: take a flyer. See gambling.

noun

1. A venture depending on chance: bet, risk, speculation, wager. See gambling.
2. A possibility of danger or harm: chance, hazard, risk. See safety/danger.

n

Definition: chance, speculation
Antonyms: design, guard, insurance, plan, protection, safeguard

v

Definition: take a chance on winning
Antonyms: be careful, design, ensure, guard, insure, plan, safeguard

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IN BRIEF: n. - A risky act or venture; Money that is risked for possible monetary gain v. - Play games for money; Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome.

Tutor's tip: If you win the "gamble" (a game of chance to win money), you might gambol (skip with joy) all the way to the bank.

Quotes:

"One should always play fair when one has the winning cards." - Oscar Wilde

"It is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief." - George Washington

"Someone once asked me why women don't gamble as much as men do, and I gave the common-sensical reply that we don't have as much money. That was a true but incomplete answer. In fact, women's total instinct for gambling is satisfied by marriage." - Gloria Steinem

"The dice of Zeus always fall luckily." - Sophocles

"Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich, something for nothing." - George Bernard Shaw

"Nothing is sacred to a gamester." - Bernard Joseph Saurin

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - gamble, spille, spille hasard
v. tr. - satse, sætte på spil
n. - hasardspil, lotteri

Nederlands (Dutch)
gok, risicovolle handeling, gokken, speculeren, groot risico nemen, wedden

Français (French)
v. intr. - jouer, spéculer, parier, miser sur
v. tr. - jouer (aux cartes, à la Bourse), parier (aux courses de chevaux), jouer (avec la vie de qn)
n. - coup de dés, (fig) pari

Deutsch (German)
v. - spielen, spekulieren, wetten, riskieren
n. - Risiko, Glücksspiel

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - χαρτοπαίζω, παίζω (τυχερό παιχνίδι), ριψοκινδυνεύω
n. - τζόγος, χαρτοπαιξία, (τυχερό) παιχνίδι, ρισκάρισμα

Italiano (Italian)
giocare d'azzardo, scommettere, gioco d'azzardo, rischio, azzardo

Português (Portuguese)
v. - jogar, arriscar
n. - jogo (m), coisa (f) incerta

Русский (Russian)
играть в азартные игры, рисковать, азартная игра, авантюра

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - jugar, arriesgarse, apostar, arriesgar
v. tr. - jugar, apostar, arriesgar, perder por apostar
n. - jugada, empresa arriesgada

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - spela, satsa
n. - (hasard)spel, chansning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
赌博, 投机, 打赌, 冒险, 赌掉, 输光, 把...孤注一掷, 以...为赌注, 冒险假设, 无把握的事

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 賭博, 投機, 打賭, 冒險
v. tr. - 賭掉, 輸光, 把...孤注一擲, 以...為賭注, 冒險假設
n. - 賭博, 冒險, 打賭, 無把握的事

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 도박을 하다
v. tr. - 도박으로 잃다
n. - 도박, 모험

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 賭け事をする, 投機をする, 運を託す, 賭ける
n. - 賭け事, ばくち, のるかそるかの冒険, 賭博

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يقامر (الاسم) مقامرة, مغامرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮שיחק בקלפים‬
v. tr. - ‮הימר‬
n. - ‮הימור מסוכן‬

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